Built in 1933, the building served as the main training school for german Officers and Tank crews. Between 1952 and 1994 it was the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany.

Vorwort: Wünsdorf Wir haben in unserem Artikel über den Bunker Zeppelin und den Bunker Maybach bereits die Entwicklung Wünsdorfs zum Militärhauptquartier des Reichsheeres im Jahr 1914 sowie dessen ...

25 years (almost to the day) after of Adolf Hitlers suicide – his, and the ashes of some of his compatriots – were unceremoniously dumped into the river Ehle outside of Magedburg. His corpse, as well ...

Sonderwaffenlager Neuthymen 1990 – 2008 After german reunification, the Soviets planned a phased withdrawal from the country within the the next 4 years. While some soviet soldiers had the “luxury” of ...

Rittergut Thierbach – 1277 to 1888 The history of the Schloss Thierbach dates back to at least the year 1277 – when the manor house of Heinrich von Thierbach was first documented. The manor was ...

Know Before You Go Name: Flugplatz Brandis-Waldpolenz (Fliegerhorst Brandis) Date of Construction: 1934 – 1935 Status: Abandoned, Mostly demolished and converted into a solar farm and biogas plant ...

Our (historical) search for Nazi eagles continues. While we thoroughly covered the history of the german heraldic eagle, from its use as the Reichsadler in the early 900s up until today as the ...

Im Jahr 1716 zerst\u00f6rte ein verheerendes Feuer einen erheblichen Teil der Stadt. Im fr\u00fchen 19. Jahrhundert wurde Wittstock (genauer gesagt im Jahr 1812) w\u00e4hrend des Krieges gegen ...

Leo Winkel and the Winkelturm Leo Winkler was born on September 15, 1885, in Cologne. After completing his architecture studies, Winkel worked as a civil engineer for the Union Deutscher Kaiser & ...

The town of Altentreptow in north eastern Germany was first officially documented in 1245 when it was granted its city rights, but the area had been inhabited since the bronze age. A city wall was ...

Fort Zorndorf During And After The First World War Information is rather scarce as to what happened with the Fort Zorndorf during the first World War. While on the one hand, smaller military ...