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Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Lorch

Stone Archway of RAD Camp 5/257

Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Lorch

Stone Archway of RAD Camp 5/257

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Stone Archway of RAD Camp 5/257

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Location: Lorch, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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2. Forest Trail in the Taunus – Dinosaur Rock loop from Espenschied

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3. View of Lauksburg Castle Ruins – Shaded Forest Path loop from Espenschied

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guude 🤘

May 18, 2023

relics of a bygone era. But still in good shape.

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Kai 🇺🇦

May 21, 2018

Probably the best preserved structure of the RAD 5/257 right next to the hiking car park Laukenmühle.

The RAD 5/257 (ReichsarbeitsDienst-Lager) was located in this area.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsarbeitsdienst
You walk up an old staircase that is slowly being taken back by nature.
If you browse the forest a little off the path, you will find other remnants of the camp.
The workers were A. responsible for the containment of whispers during floods.

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

January 17, 2021

The former 13 km long Hinterlandswaldstraße (now part of the Wisperstraße) was built from 1939 onwards in order to better manage the forest. The Reich Labor Service, formerly located near the Laukenmühle, built this road. From 1935 young Germans had to do what is known as the Reich Labor Service. The work, stylized as "honorary service" to the "Volksgemeinschaft", was not only intended to promote National Socialist ideology, but also had the task of disciplining unemployed young people during the Great Depression. The Reich Labor Service Department 5/257 did its work in the Wispertal. Today, stone remains in the form of stairs in the forest or the quarry stone gate just before the Laukenmühle, through which one can enter or leave the chestnut half-avenue, are a reminder.
The "Gottfried Keller" camp consisted of four team barracks, kitchen and dining barracks, administration; In addition, the shooting range, parade ground, warehouse driver's house, guard, watchtower (fire station). In 1945/46, all but one of the prefabricated wooden barracks were moved to Wiesbaden.

Images: sammlung-merschroth.de/html/rad_gruppe_257.html

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Location: Lorch, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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