Trespassing Into History

This abandoned villa stands next to a factory site that is still in use and belonged to its former owner before the World War II.

During the GDR era, the factory was turned into a VEB (People Owned Enterprise), and the villa was used as administration building.

It has been empty since the reunification. A fire destroyed the roof truss in 2021. The upper floor is no longer accessible. However, there is still a beautiful stained glass window and two staircases worth seeing.....(more)

Between 1964 and 2005, this airbase was home to a naval aviation squadron and the associated infrastructure.

The airfield was built in 1938 and completed in 1941. It served as a hub for supplies to occupied Norway and Denmark and for enemy flights over the North Sea to the north of the United Kingdom.

At the end of the war, the airfield was one of the last remaining air bases of the German Reich and was attacked by the Royal Air Force at the end of April 1945. The RAF demilitarized the facilities in the first two years after the...(more)

This place is not really abandoned, but is nevertheless very interesting. These are the huge antennas of the world's oldest continuously operated broadcasting station. As we still had some time after our visit to the knacker's yard and the station was on the route we still had ahead of us, we decided to make a brief stop here.

We could see the huge antennas from far away, but getting close wasn't easy. Some of the roads leading to the area are blocked by barriers or gates, so we had to drive around a bit until we found a path that led us to one of the antennas......(more)