New video up :)
Last year, I didn't have the time to make a review, but this year, I took a couple of minutes (mostly just to kill time) and made a short video. Gocheck it out!
December 22, 2019
December 20, 2019
Tour Report: Anti-Aircraft Shooting Range
After exploring the command post bunker, another abandoned military installation was the second destination on the first of two days of our short tour through the northeastern part of Germany back in January of 2018. We had actually planned this spot only for one special relic that we'd seen photos of, but in the course of the research, it turned out to be part of a far larger area with many relics that point to a vivid history over the past century.
As we arrived at the place, we found one thing to be very obvious: fences.
The entire place seemed to be fenced in. And we could see trucks and people working on the premises.
I'm sure that there would have been possibilities to enter the area by sneaking through the forest looking for a hole in the fence, but since at least part of the place seemed to be in use by someone, we decided not to take the risk and attempt a different approach.
We rang the bell at a house near the main gate of the area. A woman opened up, and as we confronted her with our desire to explore the area, she surprisingly said yes - under certain conditions.
She allowed us to walk around in the front part of the premises, if we didn't bother the people working in the back of the place.
Luckily, the permitted part contained the "special relic" that I mentioned above so that the main goal could be achieved.
This special relic are the remains of an old anti-aircraft cannon that probably dates back to World War II, but it could also be a leftover from the use by the East German military; there is no real information.
I addition to the cannon, there were also some smaller buildings and shelters to be found - the main ammunition bunkers remained out of our reach - but we were informed that there might be the possibility of a visit if we ask in time before we get there...so there might be another visit in the future :)
To find out more about the history of this place and to check out all the photos, click the button below.
As we arrived at the place, we found one thing to be very obvious: fences.
The entire place seemed to be fenced in. And we could see trucks and people working on the premises.
I'm sure that there would have been possibilities to enter the area by sneaking through the forest looking for a hole in the fence, but since at least part of the place seemed to be in use by someone, we decided not to take the risk and attempt a different approach.
We rang the bell at a house near the main gate of the area. A woman opened up, and as we confronted her with our desire to explore the area, she surprisingly said yes - under certain conditions.
She allowed us to walk around in the front part of the premises, if we didn't bother the people working in the back of the place.
Luckily, the permitted part contained the "special relic" that I mentioned above so that the main goal could be achieved.
This special relic are the remains of an old anti-aircraft cannon that probably dates back to World War II, but it could also be a leftover from the use by the East German military; there is no real information.
I addition to the cannon, there were also some smaller buildings and shelters to be found - the main ammunition bunkers remained out of our reach - but we were informed that there might be the possibility of a visit if we ask in time before we get there...so there might be another visit in the future :)
To find out more about the history of this place and to check out all the photos, click the button below.
December 7, 2019
Tour Report: Command Post W43 [Revisit]
A little more than two months after my wife and I had discovered the abandoned command bunker in the woods, we returned to this place.
We were a crew of four explorers, and only my wife and I had visited this bunker - on a dark and rainy day and with no tripod for the camera, so it was only logical to return and check this place out one more time.
The good thing was that we didn't have to look for the bunker anymore, because we'd already found it and marked the coordinates on my GPS.
As I've said, there were four of us. Our friends Norgriller Urbex and North Urbex joined us for a large portion of our tour. This bunker was our first spot for the weekend, and we met up at the parking spot that my wife and I had identified as perfect during our first visit.
The weather wasn't perfect, but at least, it wasn't raining. Since we'd saved the coordinates, we didn't have to roam through the forest for one and a half hours, but we took the way that was little bit longer to get a look at the entire area. There are a few more buildings surrounding the main bunker - nothing noteworthy, but interesting in the context.
As you may have seen in my previous post about this place, the bunker isn't really big, so the exploration itself didn't take too long, and since we had one more location planned for the day and a reservation for dinner that evening, we didn't linger around longer than necessary.
To find out more about the history of this place and to check out all the photos, click the button below.
Here's a video we made of our tour - you will see more than the bunker in this post, because it was a two-day tour:
And here are the photos from our explore:
We were a crew of four explorers, and only my wife and I had visited this bunker - on a dark and rainy day and with no tripod for the camera, so it was only logical to return and check this place out one more time.
The good thing was that we didn't have to look for the bunker anymore, because we'd already found it and marked the coordinates on my GPS.
As I've said, there were four of us. Our friends Norgriller Urbex and North Urbex joined us for a large portion of our tour. This bunker was our first spot for the weekend, and we met up at the parking spot that my wife and I had identified as perfect during our first visit.
The weather wasn't perfect, but at least, it wasn't raining. Since we'd saved the coordinates, we didn't have to roam through the forest for one and a half hours, but we took the way that was little bit longer to get a look at the entire area. There are a few more buildings surrounding the main bunker - nothing noteworthy, but interesting in the context.
As you may have seen in my previous post about this place, the bunker isn't really big, so the exploration itself didn't take too long, and since we had one more location planned for the day and a reservation for dinner that evening, we didn't linger around longer than necessary.
To find out more about the history of this place and to check out all the photos, click the button below.
Here's a video we made of our tour - you will see more than the bunker in this post, because it was a two-day tour:
And here are the photos from our explore:
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