Wewelsburg
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Attribution: By Tbachner - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11256003
Wewelsburg is a Renaissance castle that has a triangular layout - three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934, it was used by the SS under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded into a complex acting as the central SS cult-site.
In 1950, the castle was reopened as a museum and a large youth hostel.
In 1950, the castle was reopened as a museum and a large youth hostel.
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