Merseburg Airfield

Merseburg Airfield
Merseburg
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDAM
Coordinates	51 ° 21 '43 "  N , 11 ° 57' 2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '43 "  N , 11 ° 57' 2"  E
Height above MSL	104 m (341  ft )
Start-and runway
08/26	1140 m × 30 m concrete

The airfield Merseburg ( English : Merseburg Airport ) is a special airfield in Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

Location and directions

The airfield is located on the western outskirts of Merseburg .

The airport can be reached by car via the B 91 .

history

The use of the site as a glider pilot site goes back to 1925. When the National Socialists came to power, Merseburg was selected as the location of an air base. Planning began in 1933. In 1934 and 1935 large parts of the airfield and the barracks were built. On October 10, 1935, it was inaugurated with the days of the aviators. The aviation garrison was on the site, followed by a branch of the Junkers works in 1936 and an aviation school in 1940/41. On April 1, 1936, Kampfgeschwader 153 was set up here, later Kampfgeschwader 3 . On April 12, 1945, the airfield was captured by US troops and handed over to the Soviet Air Force in the summer of 1945 . From 1951, the headquarters of the 6th Guards Fighter Division and its 85th Guards Fighter Regiment were based in Merseburg. In 1952, a 2000 m long and 60 m wide runway was put into operation. This was lengthened to 2500 m in 1961 and partially dismantled in 1991 when the Soviet troops withdrew. Today civil unused hangars were built from the 1968th Today it is used by the Merseburger Luftsportverein, the Leipzig Aviation Club and business travelers.

The Aviation and Technology Museum Park Merseburg is in the immediate vicinity .

literature

• Stefan Büttner: Red places: Russian military airfields in Germany 1945-1994 . Aerolit, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 .

Web links

• Airport website
• Website of the Leipzig Aviation Club
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Fliegerclub Leipzig. Retrieved July 28, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Use of the Merseburg airfield. Retrieved December 17, 2010 .