The Reichsjägerhof Rominten was ''

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'' Commander-in-Chief

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's hunting Lodge in the Rominter Heath (; ) in

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. After the German attack on the Soviet Union, it temporarily served as Göring's headquarters.

History

The Rominter Heath had a long tradition as a Royal Hunting ground in

. From 1890 to 1913

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had visited the Heath annually, since 1891 Wilhelm owned the Rominten Hunting Lodge. In September 1933 Wilhelm refused to allow Hermann Göring to stay in the lodge, subsequently Göring built his own lodge (after Wilhelm's death Göring forced the heirs to sell the Royal lodge to him). In September 1935, Göring authorized the construction of a hunting lodge in the Rominter Heath, which was completed in September 1936. Initially Göring planned to name the complex after his second wife

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"Emmyhall" like he did at

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in the Schorfheide after his first wife. However the complex was named "Reichsjägerhof Rominten" similar to the "Reichsjägerhof Hermann Göring" near

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. The attached

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extended nearly . After the German attack on the Soviet Union, the complex temporarily served as Göring's headquarters. With the Soviet advance on East Prussia, Göring ordered the destruction of the Reichsjägerhof and on 20 October 1944 the whole complex was set on fire by Göring's custodian. After World War II, the

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became part of the

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. As of 2013 some Russian investors are planning to reconstruct the complex.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reichsjagerhof Rominten Houses completed in 1930 East Prussia in World War II Hunting lodges Demolished buildings and structures in Germany Nazi architecture Hermann Göring Buildings and structures demolished in 1944