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All Germany Zossen

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Zossen

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Zossen, Germany

Updated September 12, 2019

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Tunnel from Officer’s House.

Zossen, Germany

Wünsdorf Officer's House

A statue of Vladimir Illyich Lenin guards this abandoned building in the "Forbidden City."

Zossen, Germany

Winkel Towers of Zossen

Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.
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Airport Rangsdorf

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Abandoned Airfield Rangsdorf

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
4 miles from Zossen
The sculpture.

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'Der Fall Daidalos und Ikaros' ('The Case of Daedalus and Icarus')

This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.
10 miles from Zossen
Bottom of stairs, looking up

Berlin, Germany

Fliegeberg

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
14 miles from Zossen
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Ballhaus Riviera

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Ballhaus Riviera

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
14 miles from Zossen
The unfinished TV Tower Berlin-Müggelberge. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Fernsehturm Müggelberge

This TV tower once secretly housed a GDR intelligence team.
15 miles from Zossen
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