NS-Ordensburg Krössinsee
The Ordensburg Krössinsee (also Crössinsee ) is located near the town of Falkenburg (Polish Złocieniec ) in Pomerania in present-day Poland . It was built from 1934 to 1936 as one of three Nazi order castles, but only served this purpose until 1939. Today the facility is used by the Polish army .
history
The foundation stone of the Ordensburg Krössinsee was laid on April 22nd, 1934. It was planned by the Cologne architect Clemens Klotz . The official inauguration was on April 24, 1936. The bell foundry Franz Schilling Söhne in Apolda made a carillon for the bell tower .
In 1937/38 and 1938/39 courses for so-called Ordensjunker took place here, i.e. for young leaders of the NSDAP with an entry age of around 25 to 30 years. Otto Gohdes was in command of the Ordensburg . With the beginning of the Second World War , the Junker courses were discontinued on September 1, 1939.
The Ordensburg was used for a variety of purposes during the Second World War, including 1939/1940 as a military hospital . On May 16, 1941, Reichsleiter Robert Ley renamed the Ordensburg to Die Falkenburg am Krössinsee . On June 29, 1944, parts of the facility were destroyed in a fire. The Adolf Hitler School East Prussia-Pomerania used the building until January 1945 . At the beginning of February 1945 Heinrich Himmler briefly set up his command post here as the commander of the Vistula Army Group . In view of the approaching Red Army , the facility was cleared in February and March 1945; the last of the permanent staff left the facility on March 4, 1945.
In September 2016, researchers unearthed a time capsule from 1934 sunk in the foundation of the Order Castle . Newspaper issues, Reichsmarks, volumes of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and Nazi devotional items, as well as a booklet with the history of the town of Falkenburg were kept in a copper cylinder.
Construction and plant
The following systems were built:
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In 1936 the Apoldaer bell foundry Schilling made a carillon for the NS-Ordensburg Crössinsee, which was inaugurated during a visit by Hitler in April.
A hotel, a swimming pool and a water sports facility were also planned, but were no longer implemented.
Commanders
- 1934–1936: Paul Eckhardt (1898–1948)
- 1936–1945: Otto Gohdes (1896–1945)
Reuse
The Ordensburg is located in the part of Pomerania that came to Poland in 1945. The Soviet Army was quartered there until 1951 , then followed by the Polish Army , which still uses the facility today.
literature
- FA Heinen : Godless, shameless, unscrupulous. For the eastern deployment of the Ordensburg teams. Gaasterland-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-935873-27-7 .
- Franz Albert Heinen: NS-Ordensburgen. Vogelsang, Sonthofen, Krössinsee. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86153-618-5 .
- Martin Köhler: The Ordensburg Krössinsee near Falkenburg in Western Pomerania. In: Bublitzer letter. 2009, ZDB -ID 2210209-7 . Reprinted in: Die Pommersche Zeitung. No. 6/2009, p. 3, 14.
- Rolf Sawinski: The Ordensburg Krössinsee in Pomerania. From the NS-Ordensburg to the Polish barracks. 2nd Edition. Helios-Verlag, Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-933608-77-2 .
Web links
- Sonthofen and Krössinsee ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 401 kB)
- Relicts of Madness - one day, contemporary stories on Spiegel Online, report from March 28, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apoldaer Tageblatt April 27, 1936
- ^ Franziska Hein: Find in Poland: Nazi time capsule from 1934 discovered. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Apoldaer Tageblatt April 27, 1936
- ^ Franz Albert Heinen: NS-Ordensburgen . Ch.links Verlag, Berlin 2011, p. 68
Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ′ 3 ″ N , 16 ° 3 ′ 0.5 ″ E