Trespassing Into History

Near Steffenshagen, in the far north of Brandenburg, the remains of the anti-aircraft missile division 134 can be found. This division was initially equipped with the S-75 Dwina missile, then from the early 1970s with the S 75 Wolchow air defense missile and belonged to the AA missile regiment 13.

The structure of the object is basically similar to all other S-75 divisions of the army and air defense of the NVA (National People's Army of the GDR).

It is divided into the accomodation area, the technical area and the firing position about 1 km away. ...(more)

During the GDR era, a Soviet maintenance unit was located north of Parchim airfield, which was closely linked to the military activities at the airfield and possibly also to the nuclear weapons depot believed to be located there.

These units had a variety of tasks, especially in a strategically important military area such as Parchim.

As the Parchim airfield was a fairly important Soviet military airfield, aircraft stationed there, especially fighter planes and transport aircraft, were regularly serviced.

The unit to the north was probably ...(more)

At the end of February 2020, the “coronavirus spectre” really haunted Germany. Uncertainty was high, incidences were rising, and there was growing evidence that a lockdown was more or less imminent. At this point, I suggested to my wife that we take a short weekend trip before travel was restricted and the opportunity would only arise again at an unknown time in the future.

So we spontaneously booked a hotel in a small town that we'd had on our list as a possible destination for a while - not too far away, well laid out and with lots of deserted places nearby......(more)