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1. Biesenhorster Sand – Biesdorf Palace loop from Karlshorst

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04:07

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2. Rheinsteinpark loop from Karlshorst

3.38km

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3. Biesenhorster Sand – Parkeisenbahn Bridge Underpass loop from Friedrichsfelde

10.2km

02:35

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weisweber

May 13, 2017

1909 Construction of an airship hangar (135 x 25 m, 25 m high, rotatable, a world first) - flights of the 118 m long and 13.2 m diameter Siemens-Schuckert airships developed here from January 23, 1911 to April 18. 1912

1918 Completion of Friedrichsfelde Airport on an area of 150 hectares, used until the end of World War I.

1920 Dismantling as a result of the Versailles Treaty - six hangars covered by cupolas have survived to this day.

The information comes from berlin.nabu.de/imperia/md/content/berlin/flyer/nabu_berlin___biesenhorster_sand___flyer_2015.pdf and pictures from inside the buildings can be found at digitalcosmonaut.com/2014/flugzeughallen-karlshorst /

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Turbo

November 15, 2020

The construction of the airfield began in 1909 with a rotating airship hangar, which was unique at the time. Later airplanes were assembled. After the First World War, the security police were stationed there. In addition, a squadron for the East Border Guard was set up in Karlshorst.

(Source: lichtenbergmarzahnplus.de/karlshorsts-vergessener-flughafen/)

I also discovered some Russian inscriptions, so I think that military use also took place in GDR times.

The acoustics in the halls with the vaulted ceilings are very special - an enormous echo.

There are more impressions here:

abandonedberlin.com/flughallen

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Mathias57

November 15, 2020

The aircraft hangars were completed in 1918 shortly before the end of the First World War for what was then Friedrichsfelde Airport. Dome-shaped, self-supporting concrete roofs stretch over the walls. They are the first ever built and the only remaining hangars in Germany from the beginning of the 20th century of this type. The hangars were used militarily by the Hitler regime and later by the garrison of the Soviet and later the CIS armed forces.

The buildings are to be converted for residential purposes, as has already been done with the buildings of the former pioneer school in today's garden city of Karlshorst. The development plan envisages two-storey residential extensions and loft apartments in each hall. The roof domes are to be retained.

Source: lichtenbergmarzahnplus.de/wohnungen-aus- Flugzeughangars/

Update May 06, 2022: Unfortunately, the above link no longer exists. Below is another link to the Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte e.V. for the article "Airplane hangars from the First World War in Berlin-Karlshorst" by Christina Czymay

bautechnikgeschichte.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/czymay_flugzeughallen.pdf

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Aircraft Hangars Karlshorst-Friedrichsfelde

1. Biesenhorster Sand – Biesdorf Palace loop from Karlshorst

2. Rheinsteinpark loop from Karlshorst

3. Biesenhorster Sand – Parkeisenbahn Bridge Underpass loop from Friedrichsfelde

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