Goßberg (Hunsrück)
| Goßberg | ||
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 Goßberg with bunker area |
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| height | 483 m | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| Mountains | Hunsrück | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 1 '9 " N , 7 ° 25' 21" E | |
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The Goßberg is a knoll with a height of 483 m above sea level. NN in the district of Wüschheim on the boundary to Hundheim , in the district of the Rhein-Hunsrück district in the Hunsrück / Rhineland-Palatinate . The crest was excavated 30 m deep between 1984 and 1989 and turned into a nuclear-bombproof bunker .
geography
The boundary divides the municipalities of Simmern (today the municipality of Simmern-Rheinböllen ) and Kastellaun .
Neighboring places and location of the Goßberg
| Krastel and Wohnroth | Dog home | the Pydna and Kastellaun |
| Leideneck and Völkenroth |
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Hasselbach and Alterkülz |
| Chapel | Wüschheim | Michelbach |
history
Excavations that were made near the Goßberg in the 1930s brought to light finds that point to a Roman past. A villa rustica is suspected.
The historic and strategically located Goßberg (since 1956 a radar system of the US armed forces was located on the Goßberg ) was excavated 30 m deep in the years 1984-1989 and expanded into a nuclear-bombproof bunker. The NATO control center Metro Tango operated by the US armed forces was supposed to move to the facility in order to also manage the nearby Pydna missile base .
At the end of the 1980s, the facility was given up due to the general détente between the power blocs ( Cold War ) and the associated disarmament . The plant was never put into operation.
The bunker system
Building data
The bunker building has an outer shield structure and an inner protective structure, each made of reinforced concrete . The outer shield structure is 1.60 m thick, the inner protective structure 0.80 m. Between the two buildings there is a cavity with a width of 2.00 m, intended as a control passage and escape route. This cavity should also serve to ventilate the interior spaces.
The floor slab is 1.00 m thick, that of the ceiling of the inner protective structure is between 1.00 m and 1.20 m thick. The final ceiling of the outer shield structure consists of a concrete ceiling of 1.05 m and an overlying layer of crushed stone with quartzite blocks and flowing concrete of 1.10 m. On top of it there is an earth cover of 0.40 m as a "green roof".
The entire bunker building protrudes approx. 13.30 m into the earth and approx. 10.35 m out of the earth. The overall building dimensions are: length × width = 50.30 m × 45.80 m. After completion of the entire structure, the summit of the Goßberg is 8.00 m higher than before the construction.
internal structure
The structure consists of 3 levels:
Level 0 is the technical supply level with water storage tank, waste water tanks, diesel storage and water supply system.
The building technology (air conditioning, ventilation center, cleaning area, storage and changing rooms), the low-voltage main distributors , an emergency power system , an uninterruptible power supply system , as well as a fire alarm system and fire extinguishing system are located on level 1 .
The administration, computer rooms and electrical engineering were planned for level 2.
The facility is accessed from the north via a main entrance with an outer and an inner sliding gate and pressure-tight doors. Emergency exits are in the ventilation outlets of the shield structure and are reached via the control route between the outer shield structure and the inner protective structure.
building-costs
The construction costs amounted to about 80,000,000 US dollars until 1989. At the then average dollar rate of approx. 1.88 DM that was approx. 150,400,000.00 DM.
Usage planning from 2000
According to information from the Rhein-Zeitung (report on October 21, 1999), the bunker in Goßberg was to be converted into a Fort Knox for Europe. The federal government sold the system to the Aero Sea Group. This company wanted to temporarily store valuables and above all old DM banknotes and new Euro notes, which were intended for the planned currency conversion . At the turn of the year, on January 1, 2000, the Goßberg station was to be converted and furnished to be suitable for the new recycling.