In the area of the Schneifel near Prüm in the Eifel, around 170 bunkers were built between 1938 and 1940, some of them only a good hundred meters apart. In …

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July 25, 2021

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Over the decades, the bunker ruins have developed into valuable habitats for wild cats and bats, among others, and represent valuable retreats for animals and plants in the densely populated and intensively used cultural landscape. The crevices in the ruins and tunnels are ideal summer and winter quarters for Bats. Reptiles like the wall lizard or sand lizard can be found again and again.

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Karin 🐾 🇺🇦 🕊

March 2, 2022

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Destroyed eyewitnesses from World War II.

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Elevation 700 m

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Location: Roth bei Prüm, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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