A bit of history from wikipedia:
In 1910 a proving ground and a garrison of the Imperial German Army was established at the Waldstadt section of the Wünsdorf community and also until now it is still established. In World War I it was the site of several prisoner of war camps, including the "crescent camp" (Halbmondlager) for Muslim fighters of the Triple , where the first wooden mosque in Germany was erected. From 1939 to 1945, Wünsdorf hosted the underground headquarters of the German Wehrmact (OKW) and Army's High Command (OKH). After World War II the area was the site of a Soviet military camp, the largest outside Russia, until 1990.
Seen a lot of great pictures from here so was keen to check this place out. Heard you could either pay to get on a photo tour (unnacompanied so you have free roam of the place) or run the risk of security and trying to enter well sealed buildings. We decided to go for the easier option, and we were happy as the £15 for the tour goes to the upkeep of the building. However our German language skills were too poor to get ourselves on the tour!
So we decided to try our luck anyway, and there happened to be a tour there anyway which meant all the doors were unlocked. So we rather conspicuously began exploring (the only non-germans on site who weren't of retirement age, unable to speak a word of German!) and had free roam of the place.
Rough view of the main complex, wussed out and didnt trust the floor here at all so an obscured view it is!
Few of these about the place!
Outside the main complex there are loads of other military buildings dotted about, we had a look round some, feel there probably were some better ones to see but these few had some nice features.
Thanks for looking
In 1910 a proving ground and a garrison of the Imperial German Army was established at the Waldstadt section of the Wünsdorf community and also until now it is still established. In World War I it was the site of several prisoner of war camps, including the "crescent camp" (Halbmondlager) for Muslim fighters of the Triple , where the first wooden mosque in Germany was erected. From 1939 to 1945, Wünsdorf hosted the underground headquarters of the German Wehrmact (OKW) and Army's High Command (OKH). After World War II the area was the site of a Soviet military camp, the largest outside Russia, until 1990.
Seen a lot of great pictures from here so was keen to check this place out. Heard you could either pay to get on a photo tour (unnacompanied so you have free roam of the place) or run the risk of security and trying to enter well sealed buildings. We decided to go for the easier option, and we were happy as the £15 for the tour goes to the upkeep of the building. However our German language skills were too poor to get ourselves on the tour!
So we decided to try our luck anyway, and there happened to be a tour there anyway which meant all the doors were unlocked. So we rather conspicuously began exploring (the only non-germans on site who weren't of retirement age, unable to speak a word of German!) and had free roam of the place.
Rough view of the main complex, wussed out and didnt trust the floor here at all so an obscured view it is!
Few of these about the place!
Outside the main complex there are loads of other military buildings dotted about, we had a look round some, feel there probably were some better ones to see but these few had some nice features.
Thanks for looking
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