Case file · Folklore / legend
Wewelsburg and the 'Black Sun'
From 1934, Heinrich Himmler turned Wewelsburg castle into an SS centre; its floor mosaic later became the 'Black Sun' symbol of esoteric neo-Nazi myths.
1934 CE · 51.61, 8.65 · status: claim
The sceptical view
Claims of occult rituals are mostly postwar; the castle was built using forced labour from a nearby camp.