List of air raid shelters in Augsburg

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One of several entrances to the air raid shelter on Rosenauberg

This list of air-raid shelter in Augsburg includes shelters in the city of Augsburg , which were open to the public in the past for the public or have been provided by authorities and companies for their employees available or served as a warehouse or manufacturing facility. Due to the inadequate as-built documentation, it is not always possible to specify the capacity or the construction time exactly. It must also be assumed that the following list is incomplete. However, private bunkers or those that are still in operation are not listed in order to protect the respective owners.

background

Shortly after the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, the city government began planning of public bomb shelters. These should mainly be set up in existing basement rooms. The construction of air raid shelters, on the other hand, was not seriously advanced in the following years. This did not change even after the war began. Furthermore, the city set up neither an office nor a unit for air protection matters. The local air raid protection officer severely criticized the city administration's negligent approach.

The inadequate preparation can be traced back to two causes. On the one hand, there were simply not enough building materials and workers available to erect protective structures. Even the immediate Führer program , which was ordered in October 1940, did not bring about any improvement in this regard, despite the classification of Augsburg as a “first-order air raid shelter”. On the other hand, because of the great distance to the war in Augsburg, people felt relatively safe for a long time. For this reason, mostly fragmentation trenches were dug or private cellars were converted into air raid shelters with modest means. A rethink did not occur until 1943, when more and more bombs fell on Augsburg and the number of victims increased.

listing

location Coordinates description proof
Augsburg main station 48 ° 21 '53.5 "  N , 10 ° 53' 3"  E Bunker in the track field, created before 1945, discovered during tunnel construction work for the Augsburg mobility hub in 2015 and demolished.
Railway depot Augsburg 48 ° 20 '58.6 "  N , 10 ° 53' 41.8"  E Four cover ditches with a small capacity, built before 1945, preserved to this day and partly made accessible to the public ( Bahnpark Augsburg ).
Eichendorff School 48 ° 18 ′ 34.7 "  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 37.8"  E Underground bunker, built in the early 1940s, access closed after the war, discovered and filled in during construction in 2016.
Fuggerei 48 ° 22 '8.5 "  N , 10 ° 54' 13.2"  E Underground bunker for around 200 people, built in 1943, preserved to this day and used as a publicly accessible bunker museum.
Augsburg gas works 48 ° 23 '11.8 "  N , 10 ° 51' 57.3"  E Underground bunker next to the garage building for around 45 to 50 people, preserved to this day.
Lueginsland 48 ° 22 '44.2 "  N , 10 ° 53' 50.4"  E Former cannon corridor before 1945 converted into an air raid shelter, whereabouts unknown.
Police station Augsburg-Mitte 48 ° 22 '13.6 "  N , 10 ° 53' 21"  E Former beer storage cellar next to Villa Hesselberger, converted into an air raid shelter after acquisition by the National Socialists in 1938, removed or filled in when it was expanded in 2004.
Reich Railway Directorate Augsburg 48 ° 22 '2 "  N , 10 ° 53' 19.6"  E Several basement rooms with a connection to the neighboring tax office, built in 1938/39 for around 1500 people. Preserved to this day and used as a warehouse by the Augsburg District Office, tours possible sporadically.
Riedingerhaus 48 ° 22 '16.8 "  N , 10 ° 53' 50.9"  E Bunker in the atrium of the Riedingerhaus (also called Riedingerbunker), built after 1940 as the command center of the city administration and in 1945 scene of Augsburg's surrender, ruin with intact bunker demolished until 1948 and replaced by administrative buildings of the Augsburg municipal utilities .
Rosenauberg 48 ° 21 '35.3 "  N , 10 ° 52' 59.4"  E Primitively laid out 4-tunnel system with longitudinal and cross cuts under the Wittelsbacher Park , created in 1944 for around 1200 people, equipped with folding bench seats. Renovated in 1962 and partially backfilled in 2001 due to the risk of collapse. Used today by the fire brigade and the THW for exercise purposes. Guided tours take place sporadically.
Red Gate 48 ° 21 '33.9 "  N , 10 ° 54' 16.1"  E Simple multi-tunnel system for around 500 people, created before 1945, equipped with benches, toilets and gas locks. Locked and dammed up in the post-war period.
Haunstetten shooting range heather 48 ° 18 '25.9 "  N , 10 ° 55' 46"  E 15 ammunition bunkers camouflaged with vegetation, built after 1934, abandoned by the US Army in 1991 and partially filled and the entrances largely closed.
Schleifgraben / Am Katzenstadel 48 ° 22 '30.3 "  N , 10 ° 53' 16.3"  E Simple tunnel system from 1944 for around 500 people, equipped with benches, entrances bricked up in 1961 and tunnels secured, completely dammed in 2012.
Sebastianstrasse 48 ° 22 '47.9 "  N , 10 ° 53' 45.2"  E Public bunker, built before 1945, probably preserved.
Wolf toothau 48 ° 23 '23.1 "  N , 10 ° 53' 39.9"  E Large bunker "Arno" for MAN engine production, started around 1944 and not completed, today the MT Aerospace car park .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Cramer-Fürtig: " Seizure of power" in Augsburg . Wißner-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89639-654-9 , page 392.
  2. ^ A b Bernhard Gotto: National Socialist Communal Policy . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-48659-636-6 , page 346 ff.
  3. ↑ The temporary bridges are stored at www.projekt-augsburg-city.de, June 24, 2015, accessed on December 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ Non-destructive determination of material parameters using ultrasound on historical bunker concrete , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ The Bahnpark starts the season on Sunday In: Augsburger Allgemeine , April 30, 2015, accessed on December 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ Information on the bunker at www.alt.haunstetten.info ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alt.haunstetten.info
  7. ↑ A bunker next to the Eichendorff School In: Augsburger Allgemeine , August 28, 2016, accessed on December 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ Information on the World War Bunker at www.fugger.de , accessed on December 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Information about the bunker in the gasworks at www.gaswerk-augsburg.de , accessed on December 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ City of Augsburg: Open Monument Day 2016 (PDF file; 10.1 MB)
  11. ↑ Further information on the Augsburg-Mitte police station at www.stbaa.bayern.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Staatliches Bauamt Augsburg - Annual overview 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stbaa.bayern.de
  13. ↑ What to do with the Bavarian nuclear bunkers? - Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from May 20, 2013 , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  14. ^ Stadtwerke Augsburg Energie GmbH: District heating for Augsburg . Context Verlag Augsburg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-939645-79-5 , page 24.
  15. ↑ Franz Häußler: memorial plaques tell Augsburg history . context verlag Augsburg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-93964-573-3 , page 141.
  16. ↑ Franz Häußler: Augsburg's green island. context Verlag, Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-939645-48-1 , pages 62 to 63.
  17. ^ Shooting range Haunstetten - Amerika in Augsburg eV , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ The blooming shooting range in the alluvial forest - Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from May 20, 2010 , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  19. ↑ Staatliches Bauamt Augsburg - Annual overview 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 11, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stbaa.bayern.de
  20. ↑ Markus Pöhlmann - The city of Augsburg in the bombing war 1939-1945 , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  21. ^ W. Bublies, E. Mathe: With the Augsburg Local Railway through industrial history . Brigitte Settele Verlag, 2nd edition 1996, page 57.
  22. ↑ Pictures from the Sebastianstraße bunker at www.bunkerfreunde-muenchen.de, accessed on December 11, 2017.
  23. ↑ Why park cars behind meter-thick walls - Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine from June 21, 2017 , accessed on December 11, 2017.
  24. ^ Report armaments staff construction from December 16 , 1944 , accessed on December 11, 2017.