Frauenwald bunker museum

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Today's decoration of the former command center in the Frauenwald bunker museum
Communication facilities in the Frauenwald bunker museum

The bunker museum is an underground building complex in the Thuringian Forest near the Ilmenau district of Allzunah in the Ilm district .

Today's bunker is a 3600 m² command bunker from the Cold War era . It was covered and erected under the direction of the Ministry of State Security . Its intended use:

  1. Use as a facility of the MfS,
  2. In the event of war, alternate command post of the chairman of the district operations command (BEL) Suhl with the closest management staff.

Similar military installations have been built in all GDR districts and have since been destroyed with the exception of a bunker in Machern near Leipzig. The bunker museum was opened in 2004 and is privately owned. In addition to guided tours through the facility, the museum concept also includes overnight stays in the bunker, which are offered as a "journey through time" and lively history lessons.

history

The bunker with the code name "Trachtenfest" was built from 1973 to 1975 parallel to the Army Rest House (AEH) in Frauenwald . It was initially supplied with communications links by tapping 10 pairs of an 800-pair telecommunication cable to the AEH. As a special object, the implementing body was Frauenwald in the microwave network of the party connected, as well as other alternative implementing agencies of BEL in the center and out of town. The end point was measured and kept on standby. They were periodically checked with the connection of so-called absorbers. There was therefore no emission of electromagnetic energy. Technical system components required above ground were camouflaged under a warehouse, e.g. B. also the antenna carrier vehicle for work in the radio relay network. With the bunker, the survival of up to 130 people could be ensured for one year through a sophisticated system of life-support measures, in the event of a nuclear war for six to eight days. After the reunification and peaceful revolution in the GDR , the bunker lost its original function. Parts of the technical systems and the military security technology were dismantled before reunification. The Federal Property Administration , which was to handle the sale of the facility, was initially responsible for the building complex, which was managed as a former military property. A neighboring hotel operator found itself as a private investor who had developed a tourism concept for the complex.

Web links

Commons : Bunkermuseum Frauenwald  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Museensafari - Frauenwald Bunker Museum. In: rottenplaces.de. Retrieved December 7, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b Sabine Hahnel: Where the Stasi wanted to survive the nuclear war . In a bunker in the Thuringian Forest, Stasi chiefs survived a nuclear attack for eight days. Even locals had no idea of ​​the building. In: Axel Springer AG (Ed.): Die Welt . December 5, 2010 ( welt.de [accessed December 7, 2012]).
  3. ↑ Various film reports on MDR television.

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 22.5 "  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 47.2"  E