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thumb|219x219px|Aerial image of the Hohenasperg fortress thumb|220x220px|Entrance to the Hohenasperg fortress Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress and prison overlooking the town of Asperg.

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Festung Hohenasperg
inception
1535-00-00
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16 sections
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  • Geography
  • History
  • Iron Age
  • Iron Age finds
  • Middle Ages
  • Early Modern period
  • Prisoners
  • Holy Roman Empire
  • 19th century
  • Early years of the Nazi era
  • Transit camp for deportation to concentration camps (1940–1943)
  • Post-war period
  • Today
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|219x219px|Aerial image of the Hohenasperg fortress thumb|220x220px|Entrance to the Hohenasperg fortress Hohenasperg, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg near Stuttgart, Germany, of which it is administratively part, is an ancient fortress and prison overlooking the town of Asperg.

It was an important Celtic oppidum, and a number of very important "princely" burials are close by, in particular the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave.

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