Flak tower
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Flak towers were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany. "Flak" is short for anti-aircraft gun in German: Flugabwehrkanone. There were eight flak tower co
The "G-tower" at Augarten, Vienna. The top of the "L-tower" is visible to the right.
Flak tower during construction (1942)
A 12.8 cm FlaK 40, the main guns of the Flak-towers, and its crew
Humboldthain Flak tower today in Berlin
Heiligengeistfeld
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Heiligengeistfeld is an area of Hamburg in the St. Pauli quarter. The Hamburger Dom funfair has been held there since 1893. When the area is not used for exhibitions, circuses or the Dom it is a car p
Flak tower
…after the war; one side remains visible. The interior can be visited. . The L-tower was partially demolished after the war; some walls remain visible. Heiligengeistfeld (1st generation) This tower contains six levels below the rooftop and includes in its design, as part of its air-raid shelter, two identical spaces for…
Former Flakturm IV on Heiligengeistfeld