Bunker Munsterstrasse

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The bunker Obere Münsterstrasse was an air raid shelter in Castrop , a district of Castrop-Rauxel . It was supposed to protect the population in the aerial warfare in the Ruhr area (1939–1945) .

The bunker was built between August 1941 and the end of 1942. From an administrative point of view, it was part of the “Bochum air raid shelter, air defense section 3”. It was 40 m high, had 13 upper floors and was designed for 1,000 people.

After the Second World War it was used for civilian purposes. The bunker was blown up on May 24, 1975 to make way for the old town ring.

literature

  • Michael Foedrowitz : Air defense towers and their types: 1934 to 1945. Wölfersheim-Berstadt 1998.
  • Wolfram Schmidt / Arbeitskreis für Stadtgeschichte (Ed.): Did the colossus really have to be razed? The history of the bunker in Castrop-Rauxel. (Red series, volume 5.) Castrop-Rauxel. 2005

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.bochumer-bunker.de/castrop-rauxel.html
  2. ↑ Entry on the former high-rise bunker on upper Münsterstrasse in Castrop in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association , accessed on February 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/staedte/castrop/Bunker-sollte-Wahrzeichen- Werden; art934,1500401
  4. ↑ Digitization of photos
  5. ^ Franz-Josef Rody: Demolition of the bunker, 1975 on YouTube

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 34.8 ″  E