Heeresmunitionsanstalt Wulfen
The Heeresmunitionsanstalt Wulfen is a former ammunition plant ( Muna ) of the Wehrmacht between the Dorsten districts of Deuten , Holsterhausen , Hervest and Wulfen , which is now used by the Bundeswehr .
The area was contaminated with duds and remains of ammunition as a result of the war and improper destruction of ammunition (heap explosions) by the Allies . Nevertheless, the British Army of the Rhine continued to have an ammunition depot there.
After reunification, the depot was handed over to the Bundeswehr as part of the reduction of the British armed forces in Germany . In the 1990s, the depot was completely modernized, with almost all of the old ammunition bunkers being removed and new ammunition warehouses built. There are still four intact ammunition warehouses of the Wehrmacht, two of which are still in use. During this restructuring work, the existing soil contamination was largely removed and duds cleared. Groundwater damage continues and is being observed.
The Wulfen site has now been expanded to become the largest ammunition depot in Germany and one of the largest ammunition depots in Western Europe. Ammunition with a capacity of up to 62,000 tons can be stored in 381 warehouses. The 210 hectare site is criss-crossed by 15 kilometers of railroad tracks and 25 kilometers of road network. The tracks are connected to the Deutsche Bahn rail network via Deuten station .
The facility was operated by the Bundeswehr as an ammunition depot in Wulfen until 2001 and then upgraded to the main ammunition depot in Wulfen . As part of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr, the ammunition supply center west was created on January 20, 2016 . It is one of four ammunition supply centers (with nine ammunition dumps) of the Bundeswehr. Among other things, the Köppern ammunition depot is subordinate to him.
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- ↑ Dorstener Zeitung of January 21, 2016: Important supply center for the Bundeswehr. The ammunition store in Dorsten was "promoted". Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 59 ″ N , 6 ° 59 ′ 15 ″ E