Schickert factory in Bad Lauterberg

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The Schickert plant in Bad Lauterberg is a former chemical plant on the northern outskirts of Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains . It existed from 1941 to 1945 and produced hydrogen peroxide , camouflaged as T-Stoff , for the armaments industry of the German Reich .

history

On December 8, 1938, the Reich Minister of Aviation instructed the electrochemical works that the expansion of the factory in Lauterberg had to be carried out in full immediately, and that the planning of a second plant in Rhumspringe with five units had to begin immediately. In August 1938, the Elektrochemische Werke Munich commissioned Dr. Adolph, Pietzsch & Co. (EWM) entrusted the architect Proebst from Ingolstadt with the planning of this "Plant Z" in Bad Lauterberg, which was to consist of five identical, but completely independent production units. In November 1938 Otto Schickert & Co. KG (Osco) was founded as a subsidiary of EWM in Berlin, which, for the purpose of secrecy, acted as the operator of the Bad Lauterberg plant. On 8 December 1938, the dismissed Reich Ministry of Aviation , the EWM to the expansion of the factory in Lauterberg have immediately carried out in full and also be with the planning of a second plant in Rhumspringe with five units to begin immediately. In the Bad Lauterberg plant, 1200 tons of hydrogen peroxide per month were to be produced in a concentration of 80 - 85% using the Pietzsch-Adolph process , which is the hydrolysis of potassium peroxodisulphate to hydrogen peroxide. The Oder reservoir , which was built in the vicinity from 1930 to 1933 , had sufficient cold water available to cool the electrolysis and generate water vapor . The hydrogen peroxide produced in the plant served as an energy source for rocket engines, submarine turbines, and torpedo units as a starting aid for aircraft. At the end of January 1941, the first hall for the production of 35% hydrogen peroxide and the central system for the high concentration of the chemical to 80 - 85% went into operation. The second hall for the production of 35% hydrogen peroxide started up in the summer of 1941. The construction of hall 3 was completed in spring 1942 and of hall 4 in November 1942. The construction of the chemical plant was completed with the commissioning of Hall 5 in June 1944.

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  1. ↑ Patent application DE4127918 : METHOD FOR PREPARING H2O2 FROM THE ELEMENTS. Registered on August 23, 1991 , applicant: INTEROX INT SA, inventor: LUECKOFF, UDO DIPL ING; PAUCKSCH, HEINRICH DR; AIR, GERHARD PROF DR.

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