Hoheneck Fortress

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Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: Frauengefängnis Hoheneck) was a women's correctional facility in operation between 1862 and 2001 in Stollberg, Germany. It became most notable as a detention facility for female political prisoners in East Germany. The prison was designed to hold up to 600 inmates, however, as many as 1,600 were detained there.The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.

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Hoheneck Fortress
An der Stalburg, Stollberg/Erzgebirge Hoheneck

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N 50.704722222222 °	E 12.784166666667 °

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An der Stalburg
09366 Stollberg/Erzgebirge, Hoheneck
Saxony, Germany
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