Fritz Posted March 5, 2017 Posted March 5, 2017 The remains of a WW2 Luftschutzbunker at the corner of Hogrevestrasse and Wendemuthstrasse in Hamburg-Wandsbek. The bunker was never quite completed and over 40 people took shelter here on the night of the airraids in July 1943. A direct hit entirely destroyed the bunker and all within. The remains of the bunker were still clearly visible until the early 1970s in the form of a high mound of rubble, as this was an enormous bunker. Later the ruins were covered over with earth and trees and flowers planted. This is how it looks today, a plaque in memory of the those within the bunker was errected in the mid 1990s. Photos from 5. March 2017 A list of those who died in the bunker: SCHMIDT, Elli Anna Helene, geb. PUMP 11.01.1914 Reetwischfeld Kr.Stormarn 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Ehefrau; verh. mit dem Bahnunterhaltungsarbeiter Paul SCHMIDT BAUMGARTEN, Helga Emma Alma, geb. MANSHARDT 09.01.1920 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Frdh. Hinschenfelde; Schmüserstr.14a; Vater Otto Friedrich MANSHARDT, Mutter Martha Johanna MANSHARDT geb. SIEMERS; verh. mit Motorenschlosser Ernst Wilhelm BAUMGARTEN, 812.03.1938 Wandsbek. BAUMGARTEN, Uwe Ernst Otto 26.05.1938 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Frdh. Hinschenfelde; Schmüserstr.14a BOCK, Anni Helene Marie, geb. BEHN 08.01.1915 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Frdh. Hinschenfelde; Feldstraße 88; verh. mit Elektriker Paul Christian BOCK CZAKOWSKI, Franz Paul 01.08.1877 Lonken Kreis Bütow 28.07.1943 Schuhmacher; Feldstraße 83 CZAKOWSKI, Minna Dorothea geb. KOOPS 25.01.1885 Schulendorf 28.07.1943 ca 1.30 Uhr Feldstraße 83 DICKHÄUSER, Elli Emmy Minna geb. DOMINIAN 06.09.1899 Hamburg 28.07.1943 ca 2.00 Uhr Rödingsmarkt 65 DOMINIAN, Ina Frieda Catharina geb. KAHL 17.06.1876 Bramfeld 28.07.1943 ca 2.00 Uhr Mittelstraße 13 DÜHREN Julius Theodor Fritz 19.10.1869 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Kaufmann; Mittelstraße 9 DÜHREN, Olga Catharina Wilhelmine 20.01.1871 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Mittelstraße 9 FALK, Irma Frieda, geb. ALEX gesch. ROTHER 08.01.1895 Dresden 28.07.1943 Reinemachefrau; neuapostolisch; Mittelstraße 8; verh. gewesen mit Rentner Christoph Christian FALK, Hamburg-Wandsbek HETTINGER, Friederike Auguste geb. TIMM 15.05.1877 Pinneberg 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Ehefrau; Mittelstraße 6 HETTINGER, Gustav Adolf 04.11.1873 Heilbronn 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Steindrucker; Mittelstraße 6 HILDEBRANDT, Irmgard Auguste 06.04.1928 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Schülerin; Mutter: Herta Amanda HILDEBRANDT geb. SOLTAU HOGREVE, Andreas Karl Dieter 03.01.1934 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Schüler; Schmüserstraße 16a; Vater: Andreas Paul Willi HOGREVE HOGREVE, Andreas Paul Willi 04.04.1903 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Dreher; Schmüserstraße 16a; verh. Emma Dorothea Erna HOGREVE geb. RIECKEN HOGREVE, Emma Dorothea Erna geb. RIECKEN 16.08.1909 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Schmüserstraße 16a; verh. Andreas Paul Willi HOGREVE HOGREVE, Heidi Ursel Martha 31.03.1937 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Schmüserstraße 16a; Vater: Andreas Paul Willi HOGREVE JENFELDT, Käthe Frieda Anna geb. WOHLERS 09.09.1912 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Amandastraße 27; verh. Otto Karl JENFELDT JENFELDT, Peter Walter Herbert 13.01.1943 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Amandastraße 27; Vater: Otto Karl JENFELDT KROLL, Heike 17.04.1943 Hmb.-Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Vater: Autoschlosser Helmut Max KROLL, Mutter: Ingeborg Erika Hermine KROLL geb. SCHOENFELD LEHMKUHL, Gerda Helga 15.12.1937 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Mittelstraße 20 LEHMKUHL, Gretchen Johanna Catharina geb. GRODD 14.03.1905 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Mittelstraße 20 LEHMKUHL, Gustav Julius 01.09.1907 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Schneider; Mittelstraße 20; verh. Gretchen Johanna Catharina LEHMKUHL geb. GRODD LEHMKUHL, Ilse Gunda 09.02.1943 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Mittelstraße 20 LEHMKUHL, Ursula Renate 02.10.1941 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Mittelstraße 20 MANSHARDT, Martha Johanna, geb. SIEMERS 19.08.1892 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Frdh. Hinschenfelde: Ehefrau; Schmüserstr.14a MANSHARDT, Otto Friedrich 16.03.1894 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 ca 1.30 Uhr Frdh. Hinschenfelde; Meister; Schmüserstr.14a MEYER, Meta Maria 14.09.1893 Hamdingen Krs. Pinneberg 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Schultzstraße 12, MEYER, Otto Albert Ludwig 28.06.1879 Wussow Krs. Randow 28.07.1943 Eisendreher; Schultzstraße 12 PATZIG, Bertha Auguste Luise 04.02.1885 Eutin 28.07.1943 Schultzstraße 12; („Verbrennungen 4. Grades“); geborene ROHDE PATZIG, Robert Oskar 07.05.1879 Jöhstadt bei Annaberg 28.07.1943 Schultzstraße 12 RÖHRS, Edith 18.08.1931 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Schmüserstraße 12; („Verbrennungen 4. Grades“); Vater: Hans Heinrich August RÖHRS RÖHRS, Hans Heinrich August 11.11.1908 Hamburg 28.07.1943 Feinmechaniker; Schmüserstraße 12; verh. Emmi Minna Johanna RÖHRS geb. CASPAR SCHMIDT, Günter Hermann 10.01.1941 Hmb.-Wandsbek 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Vater: Paul SCHMIDT; Mutter: Elli Anna Helene geb. PUMP SCHMIDT, Lotte Irma 11.09.1938 Hmb.-Wandsbek 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Vater: Paul SCHMIDT; Mutter: Elli Anna Helene geb. PUMP SOLTAU, Amanda Auguste Berta, geb. SELHORN 08.06.1875 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Rentnerin; verh. mit Straßenbahnschaffner Hinrich Jochim Jacob SOLTAU STUHR, Arnold Rudolf Gerhard 21.11.1913 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Klempner; Schmüserstraße 15a; ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Hamburg-Tonndorf, Block ZF- Reihe ZG Grab 40 STUHR, Heike 25.05.1943 Hamburg- Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Schmüserstraße 15a; ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Hamburg-Tonndorf, Block ZF- Reihe ZG Grab 40 STUHR, Käthe Lisbeth 28.05.1920 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Schmüserstraße 15a; ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Hamburg-Tonndorf, Block ZF- Reihe ZG Grab 40 STUHR, Marion Christa 02.04.1939 Hamburg- Wandsbek 28.07.1943 ca 1.30 Uhr Schmüserstraße 15a; ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Hamburg-Tonndorf, Block ZF- Reihe ZG Grab 40 VOLTMER, Anna Helene, geb. KELLING 02.01.1895 Bevern/ Pinneberg 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Ehefrau, Hamburg-Altona, Holstenstraße 20; Vater: Hinrich KELLING; Mutter: Elsabe Metta KELLING geb. BOCK; verh. mit Arbeiter Heinrich VOLTMER; 8 08.11.1919 Wandsbek VOLTMER, Heinrich 03.01.1890 Ostmoorende Kr.York 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Arbeiter; Hamburg-Altona, Holstenstraße 20; Vater: Peter Johannes VOLTMER; Mutter: Katharina VOLTMER geb. FELDMANN; verh. mit Anna Helene VOLTMER geb. KELLING VOLTMER, Hermann Hinrich 04.02.1923 Altona 28.07.1943 ca 1.40 Uhr Kaufm. Angestellter; nicht verh.; Vater: Hinrich VOLTMER; Mutter: Anna Helene VOLTMER geb. KELLING WOHLERS, Friederike Caroline Emma geb. VOIGT 02.05.1884 Wandsbek 28.07.1943 Ehefrau; Feldstraße 83 In blauer Schrift Ergänzungen aus www.volksbund.de/graebersuche 3 Quote
Fritz Posted May 20, 2017 Author Posted May 20, 2017 This is probably the most well-known bunker in Hamburg, and was considered a problem for many years after the war. Finally in the late 1980s a solution was met. Windows were knocked through the several metre thick walls, and the interior was converted for offices. Most of the firms which have settled in the bunker are from the advertising industry, and it is now often referred to as the Mediabunker. The bunker shown is situated on the Heiligengeistfeld between the Hamburg boroughs of St. Pauli and Karolinenviertel, near U-Bahn Statiion Feldstraße. Originally a combination of flak tower and air raid shelter for thousands of the population, three of these were built in Hamburg, three in Vienna and three in Berlin. Several of these have been demolished in time, which was an extremely difficult task. Fruther types of bunkers are the so-called Rundbunker, a rounded tower, next pictures: in Hasselbrook and Vorsetzen near the Port, which were built around 1941. 3 Quote
Kenny Andrew Posted May 21, 2017 Posted May 21, 2017 I read L-Tower in Hamburg was demolished after the war and replaced by a building owned by T-Mobile, and G-Tower was transformed into a nightclub with a music school and music shops. Here is Flakturm VI G-Tower. 4 Quote
Fritz Posted May 21, 2017 Author Posted May 21, 2017 They started that relatively early after the war, esp. considering there were so many homeless due to the bombings. In later years they were also used as storage facilites, some were kept maintained during the cold war period by the Katastrophenschutz (civil defence). I remember in the 1970s there was "Schnecke" on the Moorweide opposite Dammtor Station, which was a bar and discotheque, which is still there and is one of the "Rundtürme" type of bunker. Others have been recently converted into private appartments, and very expensive too. This was done by demolishing the roof, ceilings and floors all the way down and the front and rear of a bunker, and then filling it out as a new appartment block, basicly just retaining the original side walls. 2 Quote
Ross Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 Went down the remains of the Humboldtian flak tower in Berlin. Well worth a visit even the wife was impressed! Flakturm Humboldthain- Berlin Underworlds (berliner-unterwelten.de) 3 Quote
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