In the heart of (one of) central Europe’s largest nature reserves – the Schorfheide – lie the ruins of Carinhall – Herrmann Göring’s luxurious villa, attracting treasure hunters, Neo-Nazis and the ...

Few places in and around Berlin highlight the complex german history layer cake like the Bogensee. Situated a good 15 kilometers north of Berlin, the Bogensee served as the scenic backdrop for Joseph ...

The topic of what to do with the remaining Nazi eagles comes up fairly frequently. The debates tend to spit in two polemic camps – one calling for all of them to be destroyed and removed, while the ...

While most can and will consider German reunification a “success story”, the merger of the two German states also meant the loss of identity, purpose, and direction for many. There are plenty of ...

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 ...

Urban Exploring or Urban Exploration (often shortened as UE or urbex) is the exploration of manmade structures, usually abandoned ruins or hidden components of the manmade environment. Ever since we ...

The Kaiser, Nazis and Soviets in the forests of Zossen / Wünsdorf By the end of the 19th Century, the city of Berlin was getting cramped thanks to the founding of the german reich and rapid ...

The year 1944 was the single most destructive year for both the RAF and USAAF during the strategic bombing of Germany. Combined, over 900 thousand tons of bombs were dropped – more than in all ...

The Tank Cemetery Aachen Today (2023) The training area Stolberg-Münsterbusch, as it’s officially called, is open to the public, but specific rules apply. A few years ago, access to Brander Wald was ...

Hotel und Restaurant Jagdschloss Schwarzhorn The settlement of Wendisch Rietz had its first documented mention in the year 1376, though its origins most likely date much further back. Like many of the ...

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 ...

A nuclear power plant of the same type in Bulgaria – on the verge of a nuclear meltdown After the German unification, the Kernkraftwerk Greifswald was transformed into the Energiewerke Nord AG, and ...