Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
From 1936 onwards, hundreds of scientists, engineers and technicians settled in the German fishing village of Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea to develop and test the V2 rocket.
Industrial heritage in Germany
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Berlin
At the end of the nineteenth century, the Stettiner Bahn trains were coming and going at the freight station Pankow-Heinersdorf. Freight wagons from the northern port of Stettin were loaded and unloaded there, but in 1997, the station closed.
Aachen
The Cockerillstraße in Stolberg, Germany, already reveals that the Cockerill family also established itself near Aachen in the early nineteenth century.
Saarland
The Reden coal mine's coal preparation plant has partly made way for water basins that regulate the water management of the mining area.
Berlin
In 1936, just before the Second World War broke out, Germany organized the Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Brandenburg
In 1936, the German Nazi regime organized the Olympic Games. Therefore, the Olympic Village was built on the military domain of Döberitzer.
Berlin
Ever since 1923, Tempelhof has seen airplanes come and go. The airports of Paris, Amsterdam and London disappeared into thin air next to the number of flight movements in Berlin. The terminal quickly became too small.
Berlin
In the early 1970s, Berlin architect Rainer Rümmler designed the colorful Dreilinden gas station. Anyone who had braved the East German border control in Drewitz-Dreilinden could fill up their tank and have a bite to eat.
Sachsen-Anhalt
During Germany's division, the Helmstedt-Marienborn border post was the most crucial crossing along the German internal border.
Berlin
On the Stralau headland between the Spree and Rummelsburger See, in Germany's capital, Berlin, you'll find some impressive industrial heritage, established by the Jewish businessman Edmund Nathan in 1889: the ruins of the Stralau glass factory.
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