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My German Photographic Trip - V. Pic Heavy



  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
We set out for a 6 day trip to Germany, concentrating on the old DDR sites in the East of the country.


Germany has to be treated with some respect when it comes to UE, if you are caught you should expect a fine as it is illegal, or if in my case, you can act out trying to photograph a deer in a live military site and be let off by The German Army!


Apart from the Army and 2 men with mustaches, the only other security we met were the mosquitos, the blood sucking mother *******, I am still recovering now!


So off we pop.


Our first port of call after a bit of fun on the Autobahn is Expo 2000 in Hannover, A bit like the Millennium Dome, it made a massive loss and is now partially in use and partially derelict. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2000)


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Next we visited the Helmstedt-Marienborn Border Checkpoint, the only large East-West checkpoint to be preserved in the country.


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Not far from the checkpoint is a section of the Death Strip, the road that cuts Germany in half, this road was driven every day before the wall came down on the patrol for anyone trying to escape into the west, if they were to attempt it would usually end up in them being shot dead.


The Watch Tower we visited has been dismantled but is still in place, in the middle of the forest.


The Death Strip Road...
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When we got to Berlin the same day, we went to Camp SG, a small Soviet barracks with an airfield, not a large one though.




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The next day we went off to Camp 4000, a Nuclear Warhead/Missile storage base, in the middle of the forest (as with most things Soviet Based).


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Continued in the next post...
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
The same day we went on to Camp 4500 (original, I know), a similar base, only this one had the launch site for the nuclear missiles. There were 12 Nuclear Warheads shared between Camp 4000 & Camp 4500. At one point, camp 4500 held over 200 tanks from one of the Soviets tank battalions.


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On return we had a quick visit to Templin Airport, no longer in use by the military but as we found out, it was used as a test track and I only got a couple of cheeky shots of the runway before we saw Security and his Alsatian hot footing it towards us...




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When we got back, we had an evening visit to Hennigsdorf Watch Tower...


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And what it looked like before the wall was demolished...


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The next day we visited Air Base WK, another Soviet air base, now being converted into a solar panel farm (there are loads in Germany, England should take a leaf out of their book!)




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The solar panel farm...


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After Air Base WK we went to the bombing range, that was where I met the German Army, they weren't very happy, neither were security. All I needed were the police to arrive and I could have topped it off.


The not very interesting bombing range...


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The Germany Army leaving me to 'go quickly'...


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Continued in the next post...
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
After that fiasco we went to a place I thought we wouldn't get in, the 5001 bunker (and we didn't) but we did get into the other bunkers which haven't really been reported on much...


The top buildings...


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Going down...


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Sealed door to the 5001 bunker...


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The other bunkers...


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The next bunker...


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Continued in the next post..
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
The next day we went into Berlin to do a bit of touristy stuff and visit Tempelhof Airport, Berlin's new public park/old runway.


Tempelhof Airport is said to be the 3rd largest building in the world, it ceased being an airport in 2008 and eventually ended up being a public park and the building is used partly for businesses, partly to entertain people like me!


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A DC-4 at night...


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Yes, a basketball court in an airport! (for the US Army)...
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Tempelhof Bunkers...


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Our final day we managed to get The Round House in Berlin done...




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  Cupra
A M A Z I N G.

Sod venturing down some of the places that you go to though! How many were people did you have with you?
 
Cracking set, loads of really great shots.

I'm with Andy, there's no way you'd get me down some of those places!
 

Ay Ay Ron

ClioSport Club Member
Amazing pics. Some really interesting places too. Not sure if I'd venture in to all of them though.

Out of curiosity, how much did the trip set you back?
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
Thanks for the replies, me and a friend went, too many explorers = more arguments!

It cost just over £450 including the ferry over.

The conversation with security, then the army pretty much went like this...


Security first turned up, a guy with a tash of authority spoke to me...

Me: "Sprechen Sie Englisch?"
Man with tash: "Deutsch" (in a firm tone)

Silence

Man with tash: "What you doing here?! This is military area"
Me: "errr I saw a deer and wanted to photograph it"

Other guy: "Don't Understand"

Then proceeded a conversation of me trying to say what a deer was with a few words like wildlife thrown in for good measure. He (tash man) then went back to the jeep and picked his phone up, my heart sank, but he quickly dropped it back and said to me, "you finish and leave!"

Me: "Danke"

When walking back to the car, the army tuned up lol...

The Jeep pulls up, again I get the words "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" in just as the 3 soldiers pile out, "Yes" said the driver who then told me it was a live site what am I doing here.

The deer story worked, he knew what a deer was (a 'reh' I later found out was what they call a deer) and told me to get out, and move quickly!


so I did lol
 
  Bus w**ker
I love your exploration threads, but sod that. I'd love to do it but the thought of ending up in some foreign prison getting bummed by Bruno is enough to put a stop to that. Great shots though.
 

jenic

ClioSport Club Member
Awesome.

Some great photo's but even better locations, would love to explore around there if i was brave enough.
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
I have been more apprehensive of sites over here, but yeah the risk of fines were quite a worry.

I think if I had spoken better German (I learnt on the Autobahn) then the situation on the Military site would have gone a lot worse, If I could speak German then there would be no reason why I would have missed the 'HALT' sign lol.
 
  RS 182 CUP
shouldve visited the Harz mountains, old v2 rocket building caves there, or belsen too, 45 min drive in a pink taxi from hannover
 
Tempelhof looks amazing, presumably some interior areas are accessible to all and others are technically out of bounds there?
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
The Tempelhof buildings are partly used by businesses but a lot of it is used for the tour (guided only)
 

Knuckles

ClioSport Admin
I love urban exploration... Billy talent now reminds me of an old mental asylum I mooched round while listening to them on repeat :p

I love the feel of walking round old derelict buildings :) however an overactive imagination and a love of horror films isn't recommended when exploring ha
 
  DCi 100
Very jealous!

Were some of the places a pickle to get into and how much research did you do prior? I wish I had someone local to me that would put the time into it with me, sometimes going alone just isn't worth the risk I guess.
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
I researched for about 3 months mainly on google search and google earth I had a bit of help on 2 of the sites.

They were easy to access but the locations were harder, camp 4000 was a 3 mile drive trough a forest lol.
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
not sure in regards to the military site, but if police were called to a normal site and you were prosecuted for it, you would be looking at a fine more than a sentence. I am unsure of the amount but other German explorers say its not a small fine, it's one to detour you away from doing it in the future.
 

dk

  911 GTS Cab
Great photos, really interesting.

You went to Berlin though and didn't get pics of the wall?
 
  2004 1.5 DCi 80 Dyna
Great photos, really interesting.

You went to Berlin though and didn't get pics of the wall?

There isn't much of the wall left, but here is some of the less touristy side of the East Side Gallery...

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And here's me, my mum & my sister watching some lads climbing the wall in April 1990, the last time I was in Berlin...

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