PANZERKASERNE BERNAU [DE]
Exploration #16. This place was originally built to host part of the buildings of the Heeresbekleidungsamt, the central manufacturing site and depot for Military uniforms during Nazi period. It was constructed between 1939 and 1942 using reinforced and shatterproof concrete, with the exterior being covered in bricks. Its size and scale soon earned itself the nickname as “the Führers wardrobe”. The Germans used the buildings only for 3 years as the Soviets arrived in Bernau on April 1945.
Around 1946 the Soviet Red Army began shifting troops around, specifically the 1st mechanized Krasnogradsky Red Banner Corps.
Soviets left the Panzerkaserne Bernau between 1991 and 1993, but it took until 1997 for Bernau to receive back the ownership rights of the Panzerkaserne. Then, the huge buildings have been abandoned until 2016 the municipality decided to redevelop the 36 hectares into a new city district.
