Hohenleipisch air ammunition plant

Entrance to the Muna Hohenleipisch

The air munitions plant Hohenleipisch (colloquially Muna Hohenleipisch ) was built from 1936 ammunition factory of the German air force north of the southern Brandenburg Elbe-Elster belonging municipality Hohenleipisch . From 1945 until the political change in the GDR , the properties were used by the group of Soviet armed forces in Germany .

Geographical location

The 368 hectare site of the Muna Hohenleipisch is located immediately north of the southern Brandenburg municipality of Hohenleipisch on the left side of the Berlin-Dresden railway line and the L62 state road . The Saxon state capital Dresden , located to the south, is about 65 kilometers away.

In terms of nature, it is surrounded by the forest area of ​​the former Liebenwerdaer Amtsheide and is enclosed by the Hohenleipisch-Sornoer Altmoränenlandschaft conservation area . In the west and north the area borders on the nature reserve Forsthaus Prösa , in the east on the nature reserve "Der Loben" .

history

Bunker in the Muna Hohenleipisch

In 1935 the Luftwaffe of the German Wehrmacht selected a forest area in the Liebenwerdaer Heide north of Hohenleipisch for the construction of an ammunition plant ( Muna for short ). The construction of the facility, which is ideally connected to the railroad and road, began in 1936. The residential and administrative buildings of the Muna gave the appearance of an idyllic forest settlement in the Liebenwerdaer Heide. In their hinterland there were extensive military installations, including around one hundred above-ground bunkers for storing the ammunition completed in the Muna. There were also shooting ranges , tanks and accommodation.

The military airfields in the area in Finsterwalde , Großenhain and Alt-Lönnewitz were supplied with ammunition and bomb supplies by the Muna . The first in command of the Muna was Major Gustav Bühler. The camouflage of the Muna was so perfect that it could not be found from the air through the self-contained, naturally preserved canopy of the surrounding forest, and so enemy air attacks in the Second World War were mostly ineffective and hit other areas that were used as a location were suspected.

After the war, the Soviet Army mainly used the facilities for storing ammunition until the political change in the GDR. Further halls and buildings for military use were built. In addition, there are said to have been accommodations for up to 6000 soldiers on the site. After the withdrawal, the Muna was considered to be one of the cleanest bases in the new federal states abandoned by Soviet troops. Subsequently, part of the building was used as a home for asylum seekers.

The grounds of Muna is now a more typical small grouse - habitat . Is for a successful reintroduction of capercaillie, which can be in the surrounding the Muna Liebenwerdaer Heide proven until the 1980s, this area is, however, too small and it would have with other suitable forest areas in the area are networked. The military contamination in the area is still very high and some areas are still closed. Since 2004, 169 hectares have been placed under protection as the "Hohenleipisch" nature reserve.

Web links

Commons : Hohenleipisch Luftmunitionsanstalt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Veit Rösler: Muna gates were open to citizens. In: Home calendar for the old district of Bad Liebenwerda, the Mückenberger Ländchen, outskirts on Schraden and Uebigau-Falkenberg . Ed .: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde e. V. Bad Liebenwerda. Bad Liebenwerda 1995, p. 152-154 .
2. ↑ Dr. Gustav Voss: “From Muna and wartime” in “Heimatkalender-For the land between Elbe and Elster”. No. 53 " . Ed .: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde e. V. Bad Liebenwerda. Gräser Verlag Großenhain OHG, Bad Liebenwerda 2000, ISBN 3-932913-16-7 , p. 68-79 .
3. ↑ Uwe Lewandowski: “The MUNA Hohenleipisch” in “Heimatkalender-Für das Land between Elbe and Elster”. No. 53 " . Ed .: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Heimatkunde e. V. Bad Liebenwerda. Gräser Verlag Großenhain OHG, Bad Liebenwerda 2000, ISBN 3-932913-16-7 , p. 205-211 .
4. ↑ Ordinance on the "Hohenleipisch" nature reserve  ( 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: 51 ° 31 '  N , 13 ° 34'  E