GDR atom bunker on the Baltic Sea: a relic with secret stories!

GDR atom bunker on the Baltic Sea: a relic with secret stories!

Eichthal, Deutschland - A remarkable bunker that is considered the relic of GDR history is for sale. The bunker 302, located in the small municipality of Lindholz in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, had served both as a military facility and as an unusual museum in recent years. Former Berliner Götz Thomas Wenzel, who acquired and converted the bunker in 2005, now described the place as a "museum of dramatic way". Sales offers can be found on various platforms, most recently without a price information on the website www.maklose-europa.de. In 2022 the bunker was offered for 1.75 million euros, but found no buyer.

The bunker, which is listed and was completed in 1986, offers numerous interesting features on an area of ​​2200 square meters. The facility comprises two floors of the deep bunker with 1800 square meters, five high-bunker chambers and various other buildings such as camouflage, wax and staff buildings as well as a sewage treatment plant, a waterworks, a pump house and garages. The bunker originally offered protection against biological and chemical fighting materials for at least six hours and was designed to pass on encrypted reports for at least four weeks in the event of nuclear strike. In the past, the secrecy of his functions led to many rumors, including the construction of submarines, which was called "nonsense, nonsense" by Wenzel.

causes of the sale

The decision to close the museum and sell the bunker is due to several factors. Inflation, the effects of corona pandemic and construction work on the nearby A20 led to the number of visitors going back. The high monthly allowances that were due for the continued operation of the system were an additional challenge. In addition, the seller was unavailable for an opinion, and the museum's website and the associated telephone number seem to be switched off.

Interest in historical bunkers has grown in recent years, especially in view of the historical importance of such facilities. In particular, the monument protection regulations introduced during the GDR period made the care and maintenance of historical buildings a state task. However, there were also many challenges: the socialist deficiency economy led to a loss of many objects worth protecting, destruction for ideological reasons and unplanned urban development, which often did not take into account historical conditions. Ultimately, the bunker in Lindholz represents an example of the preservation of military -historical monuments, the importance of which was re -evaluated after the turn.