Fürstenwalde airfield
| Fürstenwalde airfield
(closed 2010) |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EDAL (until 2010) |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 43 m (141 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 0.8 km northeast of Fürstenwalde / Spree |
| Street | Buchholzer Strasse |
| train | Oderbruchbahn |
| Local transport | Bus route |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1915 (previous airport), 1937 (modern airport) |
| closure | (Southern part in fact 1994), (entire airport 2010) |
| operator |
Luftwaffe (1937–1945) Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany (1957–1990 / 94) Federal Republic of Germany (1990–1996) Betriebsgesellschaft Fürstenwalde mbH (1997–2008) A / S Developed AG (2008) |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Runways | |
| 11/29 (closed in 2010) | 800 m × 40 m grass |
| 6/24 (closed in 1994) | 1200 m × 45 m concrete |
The airfield Fürstenwalde or Fürstenwalde Airfield-Neuendorf (southern part until 1994 military airfield Fürstenwalde ) was an airfield in northeastern Fürstenwalde / Spree . It served from 1915 to 1994 as a purely military airfield. From the 1970s it was also partially approved for civil aviation. In 2009 the airport was closed until further notice. It was officially closed in summer 2010 and most of the air traffic was relocated to Eggersdorf airfield .
A small part of the airfield is located in the municipality of Neuendorf im Sande . Most of the airfield was built over with a solar park in 2011 .
history
Predecessor aerodrome
After a military airfield for the training of flight personnel of the imperial air force was built in Fürstenwalde during the First World War in 1915 , but it was closed again in 1925, the current Fürstenwalde airfield was rebuilt in 1937 as part of the armament of the Wehrmacht .
Second World War
The airfield of the Waldfrieden Air Base became a garrison of the IV. Group of Combat Squadron 152 "Hindenburg" , which was equipped with Junkers Ju 52 and became the first flying unit of Fürstenwald. In the course of this use, the test pilot Hanna Reitsch von Fürstenwalde undertook test flights against the air barrier unit 207 stationed near Bad Saarow in 1942 .
In February 1945, parts of the battle squadron 2 "Immelmann" were on the airfield, which should support the battle for Berlin from here .
After the Second World War , the square was used by the Soviet Army and the GSSD . From 1957 the place was made available for civil aviation, but with interruptions. From 1971 the agricultural flight department of the GDR airline Interflug was the main operator of the northern part of the airfield. The southern part was active as the Fürstenwalde military airfield .
Post-turnaround time
After Interflug ended and the civil flight restrictions in the GDR came to an end, Fürstenwalde airfield became the seat of various sports flying clubs , such as the Aero Club Fürstenwalde (founded in 1990) and the Segelflugverein Berliner Aeroclub Mitte e. V.
The Russian armed forces withdrew in 1994. The southern part with the concrete runway and the airport buildings was decommissioned and has been fallow ever since.
In 1997, the management took over the airport operating company Fürstenwalde mbH , which later by the Danish company Airport Development A / S was acquired. In 1998, a workshop for the construction of historical aircraft was built at Fürstenwalde airfield, where true-to-original, airworthy replicas of the Etrich Taube (1910) as well as series from the manufacturers Albatros and Farman are made.
The old concrete tracks have become unusable due to the effects of the war and external use.
In 2003 work began on demolishing the “Waldfrieden” barracks. The project ended in 2004. The aircraft workshops and the old terminal building remained for the time being.
present
The end of air traffic came in 2009. The aviation authority of the state of Brandenburg forbade operations because proper operations could no longer be guaranteed. In 2010 the operating license finally expired and the city of Fürstenwalde no longer had an airport after 95 years of airport history.
Solar park
In 2011, a large part of the airfield was built over with a solar park. With an area of 74 hectares and an output of 40 MW, it is one of the largest solar parks in Germany.
Former airport commercial area
Work has been underway since 2011 to demolish the remaining aircraft workshops and the terminal building and create a commercial area. The mayor of Fürstenwalde, Hans-Ulrich Hengst , said that no new industrial areas were needed, there would not be enough industry in Fürstenwalde for another industrial area. The demolition of the buildings began in 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ JSander: Fürstenwalder airfield is handled. In: moz.de. June 28, 2010, accessed September 20, 2013 .
- ^ Uwe Stemmler: Solar power in the region. as reliable as the weather. In: moz.de. January 25, 2012, accessed July 12, 2016 .