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Parcours thématique

The Headquarters Route

Explore five stories at the railway shelter first, then the machine room and western bunker from outside.

Langue du contenu

  • DépartCamouflage as the Askania-Werke Plant
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À propos du parcours

Explore the first part of the route at railway shelter no. 1. Begin with construction concealed under the Askania-Werke name, then examine the shelter's structure. The next three cards cover the Hitler-Mussolini meeting, the Soviet field hospital and the postwar mushroom farm. All five stories share a reference point at the main shelter; there is no need to visit other bunkers and return for the next topic.

Only then take the above-ground path and bridge over the Stępinka towards the road beside the machine room. Card 6 covers this technical shelter. Stay outside the fence: do not enter the closed grounds or the former underground channel.

The final card covers the protective infantry bunkers. Its reference point is the western shelter, further along the road. Explore it from the roadside, without entering private plots. After this section, the card sequence does not lead back to the railway shelter.

Étapes du parcours (7)
  1. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka1Panneau d’informationCamouflage as the Askania-Werke PlantThe headquarters construction was disguised as a civilian project by a Berlin company.Quiz
  2. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka2SalleThe Railway ShelterThe main, nearly 400-metre above-ground tunnel built to conceal a command train.Quiz
  3. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka3Panneau d’informationThe Hitler-Mussolini MeetingOn 27-28 August 1941 the headquarters in Stępina hosted a meeting between the leaders of the Third Reich and Italy.Quiz
  4. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka4Panneau d’informationThe Soviet Field HospitalAfter the front passed through in the summer of 1944, a Soviet field hospital operated at the site for four months.Quiz
  5. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka5Panneau d’informationThe Postwar Mushroom FarmThe railway shelter and machine room housed a mushroom farm after the National Bank of Poland abandoned plans to use them.Quiz
  6. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka6SalleThe Technical Shelter (Machine Room)The machine room supplied the headquarters with heating, water, electricity and filtered air.Quiz
  7. Ilustracja Schron kolejowy w Stępinie z lotu ptaka7SalleDefensive BunkersFive smaller shelters with walls about 2 metres thick protected the headquarters.Quiz
Détails
Où le trouver
the shelter complex grounds in Stępina
Auteur ou origine
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  • World War II
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