The ''Felsennest'' ("Rocky Eyrie" in English) was the codename for one of several

Führer Headquarters The ''Führer'' Headquarters (german: Führerhauptquartiere), abbreviated FHQ, were a number of official headquarters used by the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and various other German commanders and officials throughout Europe during the Second World ...

used by

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

during the course of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. It was located near

Bad Münstereifel Bad Münstereifel () is a historical spa town in the district of Euskirchen, Germany, with about 17,000 inhabitants, situated in the far southwest of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The little town is one of only a few historical tow ...

, in the western part of Germany. It was much more cramped than Hitler's other headquarters, having only four rooms. Hitler was at the ''Felsennest'' in the autumn of 1939, because there were plans to invade France and the Low Countries. He was there again on May 10, 1940 when the invasion took place. Felsennest-Rodert-Lagebaracke 1

Literature

* Groß, Manfred: '' Bunkerstellungen der Luftverteidigungszone West im Rheinland und Hitlers Hauptquartier in Bad Münstereifel-Rodert''. Verlag Werner Sünkel (Leinburg), Offenhausen 2001 (S. 67–106). . * Hansen, Hans-Josef: ''Felsennest – Das vergessene Führerhauptquartier in der Eifel. Bau, Nutzung, Zerstörung''. Helios, Aachen 2008, 2. erweiterte Neuauflage (umfangreiche Dokumentation über das erste ortsfeste Führerhauptquartier des Zweiten Weltkrieges mit zahlreichen historischen und aktuellen Aufnahmen sowie Zeitzeugenberichten). . * Kuffner, Alexander: ''Zeitreiseführer Eifel 1933–1945''. Taschenbuch. Seite 32–38. Helios, Aachen 2007, . * Raiber, Richard: ''The Führerhauptquartier – Guide to Hitler´s Headquarters'' (After the Battle, Nr. 19), London 1977. * TV-Dokumentation: ''Hitlers Führerhauptquartiere'' von Rudolf Sporrer. Bayerischer Rundfunk 2003.

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