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Panzergleis Garlstedt

Panzergleis Garlstedt

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Location: Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. View of the Weserstadion – Countryside Path Near Brake loop from Lübberstedt

159km

09:26

280m

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2. Schönebecker Aue Forest Stream – Ritterhude Lock loop from Ritterhude

91.5km

05:30

240m

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3. View of Bremerhaven Shipyard – Schönebecker Aue loop from Bremen-Schönebeck

99.7km

06:22

270m

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Balu

May 16, 2022

armored track

The track planning in 1977 triggered violent protests.

Discussions about the routing and possible alternatives were discussed. After a lot of back and forth, in May 1979 the decision was made to build the track through the middle of the forest.

The start of construction was postponed from 1981 to 1982.

Objections, demonstrations involving police and water cannon, and ongoing court cases delayed construction until February 1986, when chainsaws began to cut down 30 acres of forest.

Hundreds of giant trees with up to 250-year-old oaks had to give way.

A height difference of up to 18 m was leveled out in the existing hilly landscape by removing and filling in the terrain.

Gravel, concrete and steel compacted 10ha of former forest soil.

The route is 5m wide and 9km long.

It runs from the military training area to the siding to Oldenbüttel. After more than 3 years of construction, the track was handed over to the

handed over to the US Army.

The first loading of 4000 men and 1200 vehicles took place in March 1989 to Grafenwöhr.

For 4 days, 6 trains a day drove the track for these transports.

After the Americans left Garlstedt in September 1992, 2-3 more material transports by GE-UNOSOM took place.

Since that time, the track has been lying rusting in the forest, unusable with the dismantled railway connection.

More than 20 million DM were invested for a service life of only 3 years.

Garlstedt 2008

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Pauline

August 17, 2023

The tracks have long since been removed from the routes, nature is partly reclaiming its land and you can hike there and partly also ride a bike.

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Srowe fährt Rad

May 26, 2024

Do I have to drive through next time when I have found the entrance

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Location: Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Osterholz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Panzergleis Garlstedt

1. View of the Weserstadion – Countryside Path Near Brake loop from Lübberstedt

2. Schönebecker Aue Forest Stream – Ritterhude Lock loop from Ritterhude

3. View of Bremerhaven Shipyard – Schönebecker Aue loop from Bremen-Schönebeck

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