Anlage Süd
Anlage Süd (English: Installation South) was a pair of railway headquarters built for
Bunkers
Both 480-metre long railway tunnels at Stępina and Strzyżów were built by the
The tunnels were surrounded by barracks, personnel bunkers, and watchtowers. Other buildings were used for operations, administration, and maintenance. Inside each bomb-proof tunnel, there was a rail track and a platform.[3] The tunnel portals were protected by two-wing armoured doors with firing embrasures for the guards.[3] Purpose-built track connected the tunnels with the Rzeszów-Jasło railway.[4]
Usage
After the headquarters was completed in summer 1941, Hitler first visited on 27 August for a meeting with Mussolini. Both leaders arrived by train.
Hitler revisited the bunkers once more by train in October 1941. Other prominent visitors to use Anlage Süd included
By the summer of 1944 the facilities were abandoned because of the Soviet advance. When the Russians captured the tunnels in August 1944 they used them as field hospitals.[4] After the war, the Stępina bunker was used for mushroom production. Today it is a state museum.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Stępina location 49°52′18.58″N 21°35′19.04″E / 49.8718278°N 21.5886222°E
- ^ Strzyżów location 49°52′13.31″N 21°48′40.96″E / 49.8703639°N 21.8113778°E
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- ^ a b c d e "Military tunnels". Subcarpathian Voivodeship Travel Portal. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.