Zerbst Airfield

Zerbst Airfield
Zerbst
Characteristics
ICAO code	EDUZ
Coordinates	52 ° 0 '0 "  N , 12 ° 8' 44"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '0 "  N , 12 ° 8' 44"  E
Height above MSL	88 m (289  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	6 km northeast of Zerbst / Anhalt
Street	L 57
Basic data
opening	1936
operator	Luftsportverein Zerbst e. V.
Runways
07L / 25R	750 m × 30 m concrete
07R / 25L	750 m × 30 m grass

The airfield Zerbst is a special airfield and former military airfield in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt . It is located about six kilometers northeast of Zerbst .

history

The Zerbst military airfield was built in 1936. In addition to supply and operating buildings, two slopes, each 1,280 meters long, were laid out. The Jagdfliegerschule 2 , the Kampfgeschwader 54 and the close-up reconnaissance group 1 were stationed on the field. Furthermore, the REIMAHG had a branch here. From 1944 the Jagdgeschwader 54 was partially equipped with Messerschmitt Me 262s , which started operations from Zerbst until April 1945.

After the Second World War , the Red Army occupied the square and expanded it further. In addition to a 2,400 meter long and 60 meter wide runway, hangars , assembly halls and accommodation were built. Up to 10,000 people lived in the attached military town during Soviet use. Until 1992 the 126th Fighter Division of the 16th Air Army was stationed on the site .

use

The area has been used as a civilian special airfield since 1992 and has been operated by the Zerbst air sports club since 1999. In 2011, around a third of the site area was converted into a solar park. A biogas refinery was added in 2014 .

The course has a concrete and a grass runway, each 750 meters long and 30 meters wide. It is approved for gliders , motor gliders , microlight aircraft , powered aircraft and helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of up to 5.7 tons. The grass runway is limited to a maximum take-off weight of two tons. Airship , balloon and model aircraft traffic as well as parachuting can also take place on the square .

In addition to the Zerbst air sports club, the Zerbst parachute sports club and the model aircraft sports and leisure club Zerbst are located at the airfield.

Web links

• Website of the Zerbst air sports club
• Photos of the former military airfield on vergeteneprojekte.de

literature

• Toni Haderer: The Zerbst military airfield . 3. Edition. Extrapost, Verlag für Heimatliteratur, 2015, ISBN 3-9807104-0-8 .
• Stefan Büttner: Red places - Russian military airfields Germany 1945–1994 . AeroLit, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935525-11-4 , pp. 175 ff .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the Zerbst air sports club
2. ↑ Three-component power plant , article in the Magdeburger Volksstimme of May 23, 2014 , accessed on March 18, 2018
3. ↑ AIP-VFR, Deutsche Flugsicherung, 2018