DFS hangar
| DFS hangar | |
|---|---|
| place | Darmstadt |
| Construction year | 1936 |
| demolition | 2001 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '23.3 " N , 8 ° 35' 42.2" E |
The DFS hangar was a building in Darmstadt .
Architecture and history
In 1926, the German Research Institute for Gliding (DFS) moved to Darmstadt. In the mid-1930s, DFS established itself at the August Euler airfield . Its director was Professor Walter Georgii . DFS built several workshops , hangars and a wind tunnel on the airfield site .
One of the buildings from this era worth preserving was the black wooden hangar built in 1936 .
The unusual construction of the hangar was striking:
- The outer walls of the hangar consisted of a wooden structure with an infill made of cement-bonded wood wool lightweight building blocks.
- The roof was built with timber trusses .
- The outer walls of the hangar were boarded horizontally with wooden boards .
The hangar was built in the 1930s as a hangar DFS Department of Delta - Nurflügelflugzeuge of Alexander Lippisch used.
Monument protection
For architectural and local historical reasons, the striking building was a cultural monument . Due to dilapidation, it was demolished in 2001 and replaced by a new building.
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 541.