Army clothing office in Bernau
The subsidiary camp of the Bernau Army Clothing Office was built between 1939 and 1942 and was used by the Wehrmacht between 1941 and 1945 to manufacture and store uniforms and army accessories. After the end of the Second World War , a replenishment and supply depot for the Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany (GSSD) was located here .
location
The main office with administration was located on Schwanebecker Chaussee . The former sub-camp is located at Schönfelder Weg 17, directly on the Berlin-Prenzlau railway line, and the area has a siding. The arched structure of the subcamp to the east, not far from the historic Bernau town center, can be seen well in aerial or satellite images - it is about the same size.
Construction work
The building stock on the approximately 20 hectare site of the sub-camp mainly consists of eight arched and partly connected, two-story clinker buildings, executed in modern reinforced concrete skeleton construction with large window areas, the hip roofs made of self-supporting reinforced concrete trusses. Overall, one can assume a usable area of 65,000 m².
Use by the Wehrmacht
In 1942 the Army Clothing Office with around 1,300 employees was relocated from Berlin ( Lehrter Strasse ) to Bernau.
Use after the Second World War
As a central replenishment and supply depot, the Soviet armed forces in the GDR area used the area of the sub-camp to store army clothing, army accessories and spare parts. Clothing was also repaired, there was a laundry ( dry cleaning ) and a sewing shop. A transport unit, the staff of the central supply depot and a central field post distribution point were also located here.
A supply brigade of the Soviet Ministry of Defense was located in the sub-camp next to the depot.
State today
Since performed here in 1991 withdrawal of Soviet forces as the forfeited restricted area excellent and guarded premises of the sub-camp. The owner is the Brandenburgische Boden Gesellschaft for Property Management and Utilization mbH , based in Wünsdorf (BBG).
The association Panke-Park Kulturkonvent Bernau e. V. tries to preserve the historical building fabric. Since 2003, with the support of the federal government and the European Union through the mediation of the social welfare office, around 20 workers - welfare recipients or long-term unemployed - have been engaged in cleanup work on this site. The association offers tours of the sub-camp site.
Planning
According to public statements by representatives of the city of Bernau, Nordland GmbH from Hanover, which has already converted old barracks into residential properties several times and is already entrusted with the construction of 650 apartments on the property of the former branch of the Army Office next to the train station, is to use 1,500 on the site Erect some of the existing flats, some as new buildings, and create the necessary social infrastructure. The aim is to complete the planning and approval process in 2018.
Web links
- Page on the Panke-Park homepage (PDF; 141 kB)
- Photo documentation (2013) *
Individual evidence
- ↑ New usage concept for old Nazi building. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 15, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ 1.4 ″ N , 13 ° 34 ′ 38 ″ E