Alternative seat of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate

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The alternative seat of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate , also known as the protective bunker of the Rhineland-Palatinate state government , was in Alzey from 1979 to 1992 .

The bunker was built between 1979 and 1981 under the gym of the state advanced high school in Alzey . The two-story alternative seat of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate is more than 1000 square meters and should have been sufficient for up to 30 days in the event of a nuclear crisis. The facility is around 36 kilometers from the state capital Mainz and can be reached via the federal motorway 63, which was completed in 1980 between Mainz and Alzey .

According to NATO specifications , regional governments had to take part in secret command post exercises from a nuclear bunker (see also: NATO command structure , Central Army Group ). During the exercises, food was provided by the school canteen .

construction

A marine diesel engine with a generator generated the electrical energy required. In addition, there was at least one radiation measuring device .

Terms of office

The bunker system was built under Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel from 1979. Until 1992, the following cabinets could have used the alternative seat:

  1. Cabinet Vogel II (1979)
  2. Cabinet Vogel III (1983)
  3. Cabinet Vogel IV (1987)
  4. Cabinet Wagner (1988)
  5. Scharping Cabinet (1991)

Further protection systems

The facility in Alzey was Rhineland-Palatinate's third alternative quarter. After a school in Bad Sobernheim and the Horst house ( list of cultural monuments in Burg an der Mosel : former Villa Landrat von Stein, around 1910/20; representative neo-baroque plastered building with round towers; neo-baroque gatehouse) in Burg an der Mosel.

sightseeing

With the support of the state government and the advanced high school, guided tours of the bunker were held for the first time in May 2011. Since then, the former alternative seat can always be viewed on the first Sunday in November.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jens Albes: Refuge under the earth; General newspaper Mainz; from October 26, 2015; P. 6
  2. ^ Day of the "open bunker door" in Alzey by Kai Brückner live on Wochenspiegel; online on the Internet: October 16, 2014
  3. ↑ The former government bunker in Alzey is open on November 2nd, Allgemeine Zeitung from October 28th, 2014
  4. ↑ Alzey: Open day in the nuclear bunker on ffh.de from October 30, 2015

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