Kohnstein mountain

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Kohnstein mountain is a limestone hill in central Germany that became infamous as the site of the Nazi underground Mittelwerk facility used for V-2 rocket production during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
arms production facility
geographical feature
hill
mountain
underground factory
associatedEvent Allied bombing of Nordhausen area
associatedWith Nazi forced labor system
composition limestone
controlledBy Nazi Germany
coordinateLocation 51.55°N 10.75°E
country Germany
elevation approximately 334 metres
endTime 1945
geology Karst
hasCaveSystem former gypsum and anhydrite mines
hasHeritageStatus site of Nazi forced labor and rocket production
hasNearbySettlement Niedersachswerfen
Nordhausen
hasPrisonLaborSource Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
hasTunnelSystem Mittelwerk underground factory
surface form: Mittelwerk tunnels
hasUndergroundFacility Mittelwerk underground factory
surface form: Mittelwerk
historicalPeriod World War II
locatedIn Kohnstein
Thuringia
central Germany
locatedNear Kohnstein
mountainRange Harz foreland
surface form: Harz foothills
notableFor Mittelwerk underground factory
surface form: Mittelwerk underground rocket factory

V-2 rocket production
operatedBy SS
operator Nazi Germany
partOf German war industry
Kyffhäuserkreis
surface form: Kyffhäuserkreis district
postWarUse abandoned military tunnels
limited access historical site
product V-2 rocket
surface form: Aggregat 4 (V-2) rockets

Fieseler Fi 103
surface form: Fieseler Fi 103 (V-1) flying bombs
startTime 1943
usedDuring World War II
usedFor V-1 flying bomb production
V-2 rocket production
underground military production
workforce concentration camp prisoners
forced laborers

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Mittelwerk underground factory locatedIn Kohnstein mountain