Aalhof bunker
The Aalhof bunker was built as an Aalhof air raid shelter on the edge of Lübeck's old town at the corner of Hüxterdamm / An der Mauer .
building
It was one of a total of 20 high-rise bunkers that were built under senior building officer Otto Hespeler , the head of the air defense construction department. Eight-storey with a tent roof and lantern and with a low saddle roof extension and wooden stairs, it was designed by the architect Alfred Redelsdorff . It was built on free land with a floor area of 700 m 2 . The building was to be clinkered , which was no longer carried out. The roof lantern was sacrificed when the tower roof was later re-covered.
Cityscape
The Aalhof bunker got its name after the former brewing water art in the Aalhof on Hüxterdamm . He was one of those who adapted in shape and size to the cityscape and its surroundings, because the memory of a bygone building was to be kept alive by taking the historical model of the old water art . These ideas can also be found in the city with the Mühlentorbunker, the Blauer Turm corner bunker at the corner of Engelsgrube and the Altreinfeld bunker on the Obertrave, for example.
history
The air raid shelter was built in 1940/1941. After the end of the war, demilitarization took place . It is not known whether a total blast was required to destroy the protective function against air attacks. In a statement by the city, in which concerns were expressed that the spreading of the blasting vibrations would lead to further destruction of the old town, the already advanced blasting of window openings was recognized, which also made civil use possible. A particular danger was seen in the blasting of the bunker at the Marienkrankenhaus near the cathedral, which is why the pioneering work of blasting openings was carried out there. After the type of softening was recognized, it was also demanded at the Aalhof bunker and openings were blown up there.
In the course of the Cold War, bunkers were restored to LS buildings by 1989, the Aalhof bunker is not one of them. It was used by the city as a file archive. A plan for subcultural use drawn up in 2003 failed in its implementation. In 2010 it was demolished with concrete shears after the wall thicknesses inside were blown to a technically feasible level. Among other things, to be completely safe from further destruction by vibrations in the area, the effects were tested in a test blast. The removal of the bunker was part of a planned urban renewal measure .
literature
- Otto Hespeler: Defense structures. In: The car . 1942-1944, pp. 112-119.
- W. Stier: Lübeck during the Nazi regime. In: Lübeckische Blätter . 1983.
- Peter W. Kallen: Air raid shelters in Lübeck. In: Dt. Art and monument preservation. 1989.
- Demolition like surgery. In: Lübeck city newspaper. Issue 29 / June 2010
- Finding aid fire brigade, archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Coordinates: 53 ° 51 '53.9 " N , 10 ° 41' 35.8" E