Alternative seat in North Rhine-Westphalia

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The alternative seat in North Rhine-Westphalia was a secret nuclear bunker in Kall - Urft in the Euskirchen district , North Rhine-Westphalia . In the event of a nuclear war , the prime minister , interior and justice ministers and 200 experts should seek protection and continue government affairs. Its function was concealed from the population of the surrounding villages with the name Warnamt Eifel .

Planning started in 1962. The complex is around 1,000 m² in size, measuring 35 × 29 × 16.2 meters. The entrance is camouflaged in a double garage of a “civil” residential building on the outskirts of Urft.

The bunker was always kept secret during operating hours. The residents of the area were told that it was a waterworks or a warning office . As a camouflage measure, the parts on the surface were painted green or covered with turf and then planted with trees.

In 1993 the bunker was abandoned and sold to a private owner, the son-in-law of the bunker caretaker. A visit to the original bunker, which is now a documentation center, is possible by appointment. There are also visits in combination with a visit to the government bunker in the Ahr valley .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Thiel: Box seats for the end of the world. In: one day. March 20, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009 .
  2. ^ Warn-Amt Eifel: The bunker of the NRW state government . Archived from the original on January 29, 2016 ; accessed on March 19, 2012 (photo documentation on the WDR website ).
  3. ↑ FA Heinen: A relic from the Cold War. In: ksta.de. March 23, 2009, accessed December 4, 2017 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 24 "  N , 6 ° 34 ′ 35.7"  E