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Thuringia
Landkreis Sonneberg
Neuhaus am Rennweg

Kieferle Summit and Cold War Radar Station Remnants

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Kieferle Summit and Cold War Radar Station Remnants

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    Location: Neuhaus am Rennweg, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

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    June 5, 2019

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    On the head of the Kieferle, the highest mountain in the southern Thuringian slate mountains with 868 m, operated from 1962 to 1991, the former Soviet army a radar station. The huge radars monitored the airspace westward during the Cold War.
    In 2006, the buildings were demolished. There are still some small relics to be found. Very nice are still the individual positions, in the form of protective walls, to see in which stood the radar.
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    August 8, 2021

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    The Kieferle near Steinheid (district of Sonneberg) is 867.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Thuringian Slate Mountains and thus the second highest mountain of this (partial) …
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    Distance 789 m

    Uphill 20 m

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