Waldstadt (Zossen)

The Waldstadt is a formerly independent municipality part of the Zossen district of Wünsdorf in the district of Teltow-Fläming , Brandenburg . It is located around 20 kilometers south of Berlin.

history

The village of Zehrensdorf was originally located on the site , which was cleared in 1911, repopulated in 1921 and finally cleared in 1936. The "Forbidden City" was used for military purposes on a continuous basis, with one interruption in the 1920s, and the underground facilities from 1939 to 1994.

In 1910 an imperial military training area and a garrison were established. The command center of the German Army Command (OKH) followed in 1935 and from 1945 the main command post of the Soviet Armed Forces Group (GSSD) and the 16th Soviet Air Army (16th LA) with the last code names "RANET" and "WIMPEL". From 1974 to 1990 the German / Soviet United Headquarters 14 (code name "KASSATOR") also existed here . Under the leadership of the German Air Force , this facility was continued as a German-Russian airspace coordination office (LUKO), now civil / military, until the GSSD was completely withdrawn in 1994.

The community of Waldstadt was founded on February 16, 1996. Your parish was previously parish-free. Just two years later , it was incorporated into Wünsdorf on September 27, 1998 .

The area can be accessed via the historical circular route through the Forbidden City .

Underground facilities

• Bunker Wünsdorf Zeppelin
• Bunker Wünsdorf Maybach I
• Bunker Wünsdorf Maybach II
• Bunker Wünsdorf GSSD command bunker
• Bunker Wünsdorf Panzier

literature

• Hans Georg Kampe: 90 years of military history Zossen-Wünsdorf , computer presentation
• Hans Georg Kampe: The news force of the army and the German Reichspost from 1830 to 1945 , non-fiction book ( Memento from May 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Hans Georg Kampe: Military history sheets from "Zeppelin" to the railway troops, brochures

Web links

Commons : Waldstadt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bücherstadt Wünsdorf ( Memento from April 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Wünsdorf at www.bunker-anlagen.de
• Photo collection from Wünsdorf and current aerial photographs
• Historical development of the Zossen-Wünsdorf military area
• Message center of the staff of the GSSD / cover name: "RANET"
• Entries in the list of monuments of the state of Brandenburg (PDF; 380 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dr. Hiemann, G. Military Air Traffic Control. 1. Ed. - Berlin, military publ. D. DDR, 1987, 216 pp., 82 III. ISBN 3-327-00310-6 .
2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1996 .
3. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 1998 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 11 '33.4 "  N , 13 ° 28' 4.9"  E