Kohnstein
Sign in to saveThe Kohnstein is a hill in Thuringia, Germany, 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Niedersachswerfen and 3 kilometres northwest of the centre of the town of Nordhausen. Gypsum mining created tunnels in the hill that were later used as a fuel/chemical depot and for Nazi Germany factories, including the Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory that used Mittelbau-Dora slave labour.
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Nordhausen
- Elevation
- 334.9
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1992-068-24A, Niedersachswerfen, Produktion von V1 - V2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kohnstein
- mountain range
- Harz
- topographic prominence
- 85
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Article · Svenska
Kohnstein är ett ungefär 300 meter högt berg, beläget 2 kilometer sydväst om byn Niedersachswerfen i Landkreis Nordhausen i det tyska förbundslandet Thüringen. Under andra världskriget anlades vapenfabriken Mittelwerk under berget. Slavarbetskraft från Dora-Mittelbau tillverkade bland annat raketen V-2.
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