Wewelsburg

Name: Wewelsburg
Address: DE

Museum in Büren, Germany

Wewelsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈveːvl̩sbʊɐ̯k]) is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of Paderborn in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The castle has a triangular layout, with three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934 it was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded into a complex which would serve as the central SS cult-site. After 1941, plans were developed to enlarge it to be the so-called "Centre of the World". In 1950 the cas

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Where:: Büren, Germany
Coordinates:: 51.61°N, 8.65°E

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