BND branch in Husum

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The BND branch in Husum ( legendary as the Federal Agency for Telecommunications Statistics - Testing Center Husum ) was a telecommunications intelligence facility of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) in Husum from 1956 to 2019 .

property

The property covered approximately 4.1 hectares. The entire complex with its park-like garden, trees and partially brick-built driveways is now a listed building . The main building consisted of a hard- roofed single-storey hipped roof construction with a brick facade. The south-facing transept was later extended by an extension. On the grounds were still north of the main building three reet covered single-storey building, which served as accommodation and technology building and the Homeland Security style were built. With the gable above the main entrance, the features correspond to those of the North Frisian farmhouse tradition . The former military facility should be perceived by outsiders as a village settlement. In the south of the property there were parking spaces, a towing roof building for storing work equipment and a transformer building.

history

In 1938 the Wehrmacht set up a listening and direction finding station on the site in the Hockensbüll district , which was part of the Backenswung community (incorporated into Husum in 1946). The Oberfinanzdirektion Kiel offered the property to the Federal Intelligence Service in 1956. He took over the site on February 4, 1957, installed antennas that same month and started operations with a crew of five under the legend " Federal Office for Telecommunications Statistics - Testing Center". In 1958 one was Peilstelle the location Ritterhude on the Porrenkoog northwest laid the Peilstelle. The Howaldtswerke erected antenna masts for the heptagon system in the same year . By 1960, the workforce grew to around 50 and in 1965 the direction finding station was moved to a new building near the listening point, 500 meters from the old location. The branch office later grew to almost 100 employees who worked in shifts. It was divided into news acquisition and processing.

The reconnaissance mission was in the maritime sector until at least 1968. These included Soviet military and merchant ships in the North and Baltic Seas and in the Mediterranean. A constant exchange has been carried out with the naval telecommunications staff 70 since 1958. In the 1970s, the field station was included in the naval command's defense planning as the "Marine Fernmeldekompanie 75" device .

In August 2016, the BND abandoned the camouflage of its branch before finally leaving the site in 2019.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Armin Müller: Wellenkrieg - agent radio and radio reconnaissance of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945-1968 . Ed .: Jost Dülffer et al. (=  Publications of the Independent Historical Commission for Research into the History of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945–1968 . Volume 5 ). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86153-947-6 , pp. 255-257 .
  2. ↑ a b Opportunities for investments 2019/2020. (PDF) In: Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks . Retrieved on February 18, 2020 (p. 6 f.).
  3. ^ Armin Müller: Wellenkrieg - agent radio and radio reconnaissance of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945-1968 . Ed .: Jost Dülffer et al. (=  Publications of the Independent Historical Commission for Research into the History of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945–1968 . Volume 5 ). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86153-947-6 , pp. 227 .
  4. ^ Armin Müller: Wellenkrieg - agent radio and radio reconnaissance of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945-1968 . Ed .: Jost Dülffer et al. (=  Publications of the Independent Historical Commission for Research into the History of the Federal Intelligence Service 1945–1968 . Volume 5 ). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86153-947-6 , pp. 234 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Petersen: Secret Service: "Listen and Look" reveals itself. August 31, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2020 .