Peenemünde in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Peenemünde Army Research Center

The Peenemünde Army Research Center was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the Army Weapons Office. It is the birthplace of modern rocketry - and thus, in a broader sense, also the origin of aerospace engineering. On April 2, 1936, the Reich Air Ministry paid 750,000 reichsmarks to the town of Wolgast for the whole Northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom. The site had been suggested by Wernher von Braun's mother as 'just the place for you and your friends'.

Located at 54.143, 13.794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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German V-2 rocket facilities, Rocket launch sites, 1937 establishments in Germany, Research and development in Nazi Germany, World War II sites in Germany

Test Stand VII

Test Stand VII (German: Prüfstand VII, P-7) was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at Peenemünde Airfield and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military leaders, and Allied reconnaissance overflights and bombing.

Located at 54.1683, 13.8047 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Ruins in Germany, V-weapon subterranea

Peenemünde Airfield

Peenemünde Airfield is an airfield along the Baltic Sea north of Peenemünde, Germany. Today round trips in light aircraft take place from Peenemünde Airfield. Bus tours are also available, on which one can visit the former shelters of the NVA and the remnants of the of the V-1 flying bomb facilities. Because of its long runway the airfield Peenemünde is also a location for flight schools.

Located at 54.1578, 13.7728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Airports in Germany, V-1 flying bomb facilities

Operation Hydra (1943)

Operation Hydra was a Royal Air Force attack on the Peenemünde Army Research Center on the night of 17/18 August 1943. It began the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme. At a cost of 215 British aircrew members, 40 bombers, and hundreds of civilian deaths in a nearby concentration camp; the air raid killed 2 V-2 rocket scientists and delayed V-2 rocket test launches for seven weeks.

Located at 54.143, 13.794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1943 in Germany, History of Berlin, World War II strategic bombing, Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom

Lubmin (Amt)

Lubmin is an Amt in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Lubmin. The Amt Lubmin consists of the following municipalities: Brünzow Hanshagen Katzow Kemnitz Kröslin Loissin Lubmin Neu Boltenhagen Rubenow

Located at 54.117, 13.733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Ämter in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Cämmerer See

Cämmerer See is a lake in Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 0.3 m, its surface area is 0.18 km².

Located at 54.1308, 13.78 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lakes of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Information Centre for History and Technology, Peenemünde

The Peenemünde Information Centre for History and Technology (German: Historisch-technische Informationszentrum Peenemünde or HTI) is a museum, founded in 1991, in the observation bunker and site of the former power station in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom in eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

Located at 54.1378, 13.7689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Military and war museums in Germany, Aerospace museums, Technology museums, European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points,