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Lehrklassengebäude der Panzertruppenschule | “The White House ” – 1994 to 2016 With German reunification, the allies began their long withdrawal from Germany. The Soviet Union alone had established ...
Brandenburg an der Havel was once a regional industrial powerhouse. With its strategic location next to the Havel and the Silokanal, as well excellent rail connections – it attracted immigrants as ...
Gutshaus Rosengarten Today (2024) While the ruin of the Gutshaus Rosengarten has been on the market for quite some time, no one has decided to take the risk and buy the property. Quite understandable ...
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 ...
Know Before You Go Name: Flugplatz Finsterwalde (Sonderlandeplatz Finsterwalde Schacksdorf) Date of Construction: 1934 – 1935 Status: Special Airfield, Partially Repurposed, Partially Demolished ...
The First Schleswig War Every good memorial needs a back story, and the Lions story begins in 1848 with the first Schleswig war. Through a typically complex set of treaties and inheritances, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wer zwischen und neben den Wanderwegen des Brandner Walds und dem Standortübungsplatz Stolberg-Münsterbusch unterwegs ist, wird mit großer sicherheit auf den sogenannten „Panzerfriedhof Aachen“ stoßen ...