Hoheneck Fortress

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.^[1]

Hoheneck

Location	Stollberg, Saxony, Germany
Coordinates	50°42′17″N 12°47′3″E
Status	Closed
Security class	Maximum
Opened	1862
Closed	2001
Managed by	City of Stollberg

The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.^[2]

Notable inmates

• Erika Bergmann: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard
• Ulla Jürß: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard
• Erna Petri: Nazi war criminal
• Jutta Fleck: Attempted escapee from the German Democratic Republic^[3]

See also

• Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
• Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse

References

1. Das Frauengefängnis Hoheneck on Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 1 August 2019
2. Lahl, Alexander; Schlect, Volker (27 January 2017) Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck in New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019
3. "Die "Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie": Jutta Fleck kämpft noch heute für die Freiheit" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-01.

Further reading

• Rodewill, Rengha (2014) Hoheneck – Das DDR-Frauenzuchthaus: Dokumentarische Erkundung in Fotos mit Zeitzeugenberichten und einem Vorwort von Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Berlin: Vergangenheitsverlag ISBN 978-3-86408-162-0