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Bergisches Land
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Rösrath

Ruins of the Battlefield Balloon Hall

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Ruins of the Battlefield Balloon Hall

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    Location: Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    August 6, 2021

    Mountain biking

    The ruins are a little further east. The blasted reinforced concrete belonged to a hall for battlefield balloons in WWI.
    (Has no relation to the district of St. Christoph, which is named after the historical wayside cross at Wolfsweg x Rösrather Weg).
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    August 15, 2019

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