Beelitz Heilstatten is massive. It’s set over a whole district of the town. Moving around the site means crossing major roads, and even a live, very busy train station! Visted with the mighty Priority 7 (tour guide) and CovertUrbex
Designed as a sanatorium near the turn of the 20th Century it was soon a key military hospital for the first world war.
In that World War a guy named Adolf Hitler got shot in the leg at the battle of the Somme. He was bought here where he spent a couple of months recouperating. So while Mrs UrbanX went to visit some Berlin Museums Priority 7, Covert Urbex and myself decided to see some real history and visit the rooms where he stayed, and walk the corridors he walked (probably limped).
In 1945, Beelitz-Heilstätten was occupied by Soviet forces, and the complex remained a Soviet military hospital until 1995, well after the German reunification. In December 1990 Erich Honecker was admitted to Beelitz after being forced to resign as the head of the East German government.
Operating Theatre:
Following the Soviet withdrawal, attempts were made to privatize the complex, but they were not entirely successful. Some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinsons disease. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000.
Just love the brickwork:
Some externals:
One building has been dubbed “The Bombed Pavilion” because err…it’s been bombed. It was just left, so trees have had some 60-70 years to cultivate on it’s roof!
I’m not sure if any onf you have the coffee table book “Beauty in Decay” (Great book) but the front cover of it was shot here.
Here’s my way poorer effort
Still, a beautiful staircase all the same.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ny_3A5LDA&hd=1[/ame]
Cheers for looking!
Designed as a sanatorium near the turn of the 20th Century it was soon a key military hospital for the first world war.
In that World War a guy named Adolf Hitler got shot in the leg at the battle of the Somme. He was bought here where he spent a couple of months recouperating. So while Mrs UrbanX went to visit some Berlin Museums Priority 7, Covert Urbex and myself decided to see some real history and visit the rooms where he stayed, and walk the corridors he walked (probably limped).
In 1945, Beelitz-Heilstätten was occupied by Soviet forces, and the complex remained a Soviet military hospital until 1995, well after the German reunification. In December 1990 Erich Honecker was admitted to Beelitz after being forced to resign as the head of the East German government.
Operating Theatre:
Following the Soviet withdrawal, attempts were made to privatize the complex, but they were not entirely successful. Some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinsons disease. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000.
Just love the brickwork:
Some externals:
One building has been dubbed “The Bombed Pavilion” because err…it’s been bombed. It was just left, so trees have had some 60-70 years to cultivate on it’s roof!
I’m not sure if any onf you have the coffee table book “Beauty in Decay” (Great book) but the front cover of it was shot here.
Here’s my way poorer effort
Still, a beautiful staircase all the same.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ny_3A5LDA&hd=1[/ame]
Cheers for looking!
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