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This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-forgotten-leisure-island](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-forgotten-leisure-island) by @koenau.<br><br>Under the grass the chess boa…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-08-14-08-08-613-20190427_135754_hdr-01-jpeg" /> <hr /> Once upon a time, leisure in socialism was carefully planned - precise as c…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/exploring-uk-27-4-the-lost-soviet-bunker-adventure](/hive-184437/@koenau/exploring-uk-27-4-the-lost-soviet-bunker-adventure) by @koenau.<br><br>Dee…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-08-14-08-08-893-geiseltal-bunker-25-jpg" /> <hr /> Deep beneath a hill overlooking Lake Geiseltal, a forgotten Soviet bunker from …

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-if-paradise-is-half-as-nice](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-if-paradise-is-half-as-nice) by @koenau.<br><br>twelve years in plannin…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-08-14-08-08-462-img_20210425_142041-01-jpeg" /> <hr /> Germany - once the proud nation of high-tech industry and global-exporting …

This is a cross post of [@koenau/ghostly-relics-hitler-s-elite-school-and-its-forgotten-legacy](/hive-184437/@koenau/ghostly-relics-hitler-s-elite-school-and-its-forgotten-legacy) …

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-08-14-07-08-990-2021-05-ballenstedt-napola-38-jpg" /> <hr /> Long revered as the powerhouse of high-tech engineering and world-cla…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-the-slaughterhouse-of-ghosts](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-the-slaughterhouse-of-ghosts) by @koenau.<br><br>Once a giant slaughte…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-08-07-13-08-303-schlachthof-hive-25-jpg" /> <hr /> The old Halle slaughterhouse gapes like a wound in the heart of a city in Easte…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-ghosts-of-the-nuclear-era](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-ghosts-of-the-nuclear-era) by @koenau.<br><br>near the border of the Germ…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-07-31-17-07-691-rocket-launcher-east-germany-28-jpg" /> <hr /> In the southern Harz, near the border of the German Free State of T…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-mysterious-deaths-and-ruins](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-mysterious-deaths-and-ruins) by @koenau.<br><br>Hidden in a German fore…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-07-24-15-07-942-viktor-116-jpg" /> <hr /> Hidden on Viktorshöhe, in the forest near Friedrichsbrunn, lie the ruins of VEB Draht- u…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-walls-of-tears-at-the-headquarter-of-hate](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-walls-of-tears-at-the-headquarter-of-hate) by @koenau.<br…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-07-16-18-07-874-hive-police-headquarter-20-jpg" /> <hr /> For a century, this building was a place of horror - a police headquarte…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/german-decay-first-water-park-in-ruins](/hive-184437/@koenau/german-decay-first-water-park-in-ruins) by @koenau.<br><br>German Decay: A bathing tem…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-07-07-18-07-252-02-basso-hive-4-jpg" /> <hr /> The West arrived, bringing capitalism and freedom. When the Cold War ended in 1990,…

This is a cross post of [@koenau/dirty-works-in-forgotten-time-iron-heart-in-ruins](/hive-184437/@koenau/dirty-works-in-forgotten-time-iron-heart-in-ruins) by @koenau.<br><br>One o…

<img src="https://img.travelfeed.io/koenau%2F2025-07-02-09-07-236-raw-hive-1-jpg" /> <hr /> They call it the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn">"Reichsbahn…