Jüterbog military training area

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Jüterbog military training area (2015)

The Jüterbog military training area , also known as Jüterbog-West , is a former military training area in the urban area of Jüterbog and partly in the municipality of Niedergörsdorf in the Teltow-Fläming district . It has a total area of ​​9280 hectares. The military use took place from 1864 to summer 1992.

The resulting barracks were given the nicknames Old Camp , New Camp, Adolf Hitler Camp and Forest Camp Forst Zinna . Further to the east was the Heidehof military training area .

In 1999, 7190 hectares of the site were designated as NSG Forst Zinna-Jüterbog-Keilberg . They are looked after by the Brandenburg Natural Landscapes Foundation. The area is part of the Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park .

There is still a lot of ammunition in the ground of the site. Massive fires broke out on the site in June and July 2019. Direct fire fighting on site was not possible due to the soil contaminated with ammunition residues.

Web links

Commons : Jüterbog military training area  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile Jüterbog Foundation Area. Brandenburg Natural Landscapes Foundation, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ The primeval forests of tomorrow on former military training areas. In: wildnisindeutschland.de , accessed on July 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Katja Colmenares, Olaf Selchow: Major fire at Jüterbog - "The dimensions are hard to imagine". BZ Berlin , June 6, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ Jüterbog: Former military training area burns again - fire spreads. tz, July 26, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2019.

Coordinates: 52 ° 3 '  N , 13 ° 2'  E