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Nicknamed the ‘Fly trap’ This is located at an old mining complex that was taken over and used to generate power in WWII. There is a small underground system and various concrete surface buildings. One of which is a circular concrete structure. Many people think it is a cooling tower base but there were two other cooling towers (made from wood) on the lower section. It made no sense to build a concrete tower or one at this level.
Another rumour is that the Germans were experimenting with anti-gravity projects. ‘Die Glocke’ (The Bell) was reportedly a project that could change a magnetic field and therefor, gravity. Die Glocke was worked on by Hitler selected scholars and was a bell shape. It was said to contain 2 containers filled with a substance called Xerum 525, which resembled mercury. The Bell (Which was part of the Nazi’s ‘Wunderwaffe’ or secret weapon collection) was 2.7m wide and 4.5m high. It was powered by cables running from a nearby large power plant just meters away. The cables were fed into the concrete 'fly trap' structure. According to reports, radiation that was emitted from the Bell device killed some scientists. Those who were not killed by the radiation were murdered by the German guards. In 1945, 60 scientists who worked on the project were murdered and buried in a mass grave.
I originally visited the Fly Trap in 2012. At this point it had not turned into a museum and was overgrown/neglected. We saw the Fly Trap as a raw area, electric cables that once powered the internal steel structure were half buried, holes were strewn about giving it an ankle damaging atmosphere. It has since been loaned off the Polish Government (who own all underground structures in Poland and lease them out) and has been turned into a museum. As the people who leased the site were preparing the museum, they uncovered a tunnel network which we had no idea lay there (I must have walked past it!) Although they did excavate the entrances so we would have not seen them.
Here I show you some before and after pictures and some totally new ones![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The Fly Trap structure:
1. (2012)
2. (2012)
3. (2012)
4. (2014)
5. (2014)
The Power Plant:
6. (2012)
7. (2014)
One of the many destroyed surface buildings:
8. (2012)
9. (2012)
10. (2012)
11. 2014, behind a fence!
The following images are new since 2012:
12. The tunnels entrance that was excavated...
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Going underground...
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18. This runs down to a sealed off stream 300 meters down.
19.
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20. Looking back up the 300m tunnels...
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25. (well, I had to have a go!!)
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![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Another rumour is that the Germans were experimenting with anti-gravity projects. ‘Die Glocke’ (The Bell) was reportedly a project that could change a magnetic field and therefor, gravity. Die Glocke was worked on by Hitler selected scholars and was a bell shape. It was said to contain 2 containers filled with a substance called Xerum 525, which resembled mercury. The Bell (Which was part of the Nazi’s ‘Wunderwaffe’ or secret weapon collection) was 2.7m wide and 4.5m high. It was powered by cables running from a nearby large power plant just meters away. The cables were fed into the concrete 'fly trap' structure. According to reports, radiation that was emitted from the Bell device killed some scientists. Those who were not killed by the radiation were murdered by the German guards. In 1945, 60 scientists who worked on the project were murdered and buried in a mass grave.
I originally visited the Fly Trap in 2012. At this point it had not turned into a museum and was overgrown/neglected. We saw the Fly Trap as a raw area, electric cables that once powered the internal steel structure were half buried, holes were strewn about giving it an ankle damaging atmosphere. It has since been loaned off the Polish Government (who own all underground structures in Poland and lease them out) and has been turned into a museum. As the people who leased the site were preparing the museum, they uncovered a tunnel network which we had no idea lay there (I must have walked past it!) Although they did excavate the entrances so we would have not seen them.
Here I show you some before and after pictures and some totally new ones
The Fly Trap structure:
1. (2012)
![8048223621_de3a91d8d6_o.jpg 8048223621_de3a91d8d6_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170926-8048223621-de3a91d8d6-o.jpg)
2. (2012)
![8048222985_4a9aa8aa81_o.jpg 8048222985_4a9aa8aa81_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170927-8048222985-4a9aa8aa81-o.jpg)
3. (2012)
![8048228690_87315e19e3_o.jpg 8048228690_87315e19e3_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170928-8048228690-87315e19e3-o.jpg)
4. (2014)
![15108701004_1589e122e6_o.jpg 15108701004_1589e122e6_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170929-15108701004-1589e122e6-o.jpg)
5. (2014)
![15543213318_349cece345_o.jpg 15543213318_349cece345_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170930-15543213318-349cece345-o.jpg)
The Power Plant:
6. (2012)
![8048230150_a0d51dbf52_o.jpg 8048230150_a0d51dbf52_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170931-8048230150-a0d51dbf52-o.jpg)
7. (2014)
![15730206672_22fbb951aa_o.jpg 15730206672_22fbb951aa_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170932-15730206672-22fbb951aa-o.jpg)
One of the many destroyed surface buildings:
8. (2012)
![8048222211_8dd246c136_o.jpg 8048222211_8dd246c136_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170933-8048222211-8dd246c136-o.jpg)
9. (2012)
![8048221789_8965fc9d4d_o.jpg 8048221789_8965fc9d4d_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170934-8048221789-8965fc9d4d-o.jpg)
10. (2012)
![8048226436_3241f1f5d9_o.jpg 8048226436_3241f1f5d9_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170935-8048226436-3241f1f5d9-o.jpg)
11. 2014, behind a fence!
![15543213348_eb7f5d2ed5_o.jpg 15543213348_eb7f5d2ed5_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170936-15543213348-eb7f5d2ed5-o.jpg)
The following images are new since 2012:
12. The tunnels entrance that was excavated...
![15704939356_84254ccf00_o.jpg 15704939356_84254ccf00_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170937-15704939356-84254ccf00-o.jpg)
13.
![15543472407_4a900886b3_o.jpg 15543472407_4a900886b3_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170938-15543472407-4a900886b3-o.jpg)
14.
![15109268163_035cd079a6_o.jpg 15109268163_035cd079a6_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170939-15109268163-035cd079a6-o.jpg)
15.
![15109269583_e8d7954879_o.jpg 15109269583_e8d7954879_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170940-15109269583-e8d7954879-o.jpg)
16.
![15728662165_6a28517893_o.jpg 15728662165_6a28517893_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170941-15728662165-6a28517893-o.jpg)
Going underground...
17.
![15542762949_d87d83e372_o.jpg 15542762949_d87d83e372_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170942-15542762949-d87d83e372-o.jpg)
18. This runs down to a sealed off stream 300 meters down.
![15543472547_32e3f7a9fc_o.jpg 15543472547_32e3f7a9fc_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170943-15543472547-32e3f7a9fc-o.jpg)
19.
![15728662245_6318765a75_o.jpg 15728662245_6318765a75_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170944-15728662245-6318765a75-o.jpg)
19.
![15543472687_92e0e894d9_o.jpg 15543472687_92e0e894d9_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170945-15543472687-92e0e894d9-o.jpg)
20. Looking back up the 300m tunnels...
![15543470667_b369b79c64_o.jpg 15543470667_b369b79c64_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170946-15543470667-b369b79c64-o.jpg)
21.
![15108700864_8b0515f53d_o.jpg 15108700864_8b0515f53d_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170947-15108700864-8b0515f53d-o.jpg)
22.
![15704939236_7715348424_o.jpg 15704939236_7715348424_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170948-15704939236-7715348424-o.jpg)
23.
![15108700904_53467d95ab_o.jpg 15108700904_53467d95ab_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170949-15108700904-53467d95ab-o.jpg)
24.
![15543806910_6e8a68d0bc_o.jpg 15543806910_6e8a68d0bc_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170950-15543806910-6e8a68d0bc-o.jpg)
25. (well, I had to have a go!!)
![15543804870_8799eccdc0_o.jpg 15543804870_8799eccdc0_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170951-15543804870-8799eccdc0-o.jpg)
26.
![15704941546_acd6607e0a_o.jpg 15704941546_acd6607e0a_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170952-15704941546-acd6607e0a-o.jpg)
27.
![15543807000_d150c81932_o.jpg 15543807000_d150c81932_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170953-15543807000-d150c81932-o.jpg)
28.
![15109270073_c08d8fab6b_o.jpg 15109270073_c08d8fab6b_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170954-15109270073-c08d8fab6b-o.jpg)
29.
![15108701084_c20760d3f9_o.jpg 15108701084_c20760d3f9_o.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/170/170955-15108701084-c20760d3f9-o.jpg)