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Komödienplatz
The Kohnstein is a hill in Thuringia, Germany, 2 kilometres southwest of the village of Niedersachswerfen and 3 kilometres northwest of the centre of the town of Nordhausen. Gypsum mining created tunnels in the hill that were later used as a fuel/chemical depot and for Nazi Germany factories, including the Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory that used Mittelbau-Dora slave labour. Chronology 1917–1934: The BASF, Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (BASF) purchased the property and mined anhydrite for gypsum. 1935 summer: At the suggestion of IG Farben, the ''WIFO (Nazi company), Wirtschaftliche Forschungsgesellschaft (WIFO)'' () investigated the mine to centralize a fuel and chemical depot. 1936: Wifo took over the mines to create a highly secret central Oil reserves, petroleum reserve. The Government's ''Industrial Research Association'' invested some effort in adapting the tunnels and galleries for the storage of critical chemicals like tetra-ethyl-lead (petroleum anti-knock). 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiser Way
The Kaiser Way (), literally "Emperor Way", is a thematic long distance footpath in the Harz mountains of Germany, which is about 110 km long and crosses both the Harz and the Kyffhäuser, Kyffhäuser hills. From Goslar and Bad Harzburg on the northern edge of the Harz it runs across the Harz to Walkenried in the south; and then via Nordhausen, Thuringia, Nordhausen to Tilleda (Kyffhäuser), Tilleda on the Kyffhäuser. Route Kaiserpfalz Goslar - Oker (Goslar), Oker - Bad Harzburg - Molkenhaus (Bad Harzburg), Molkenhaus - Königskrug - Kapellenfleck - Helenenruh - Walkenried - Ellrich - Kammerforst - Woffleben - Komödienplatz - Salza - Nordhausen, Thuringia, Nordhausen - Heringen/Helme, Heringen - Hamma - Badra, Germany, Badra - Kyffhäusergebirge - Königspfalz Tilleda (Kyffhäuser), Tilleda. The starting point for the Kaiser Way depends on one's interpretation. One view sees the Kaiser Way beginning as one of the "Ways of the German Emperors and Empresses of the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
