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Stadtallendorf
Layout of the DAG werke, Allendorf 1944
Stadhalendorf is a town in the German state of Hesse, located in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. The city has 21,263 inhabitants. The city was called Allendorf until 1960, when it received city rights it became Stadt Allendorf. In 1977 it was renamed Stadhalendorf.
There were many villages called Allendorf, this one also was called Catholic Allendorf.
During World War II, Catholic Allendorf was a secret munitions center. The armament firms WASAG AG (Westfalisch-Anhaltische Sprengstoff-AG) and DAG (Dynamit Nobel AG Verwertchemie, former Alfred Nobel)) produced munitions and explosives. At the time, it was the greatest of all munitions production centers in Europe. Even today, some neighborhoods in Stadtallendorf are still named after munitions businesses.
DAG old TNT warehouse
construction of a DAG Bulding
The munitions center continued through the war without being detected by the Allies. The 6 square kilometer premises where the wartime arms works were built were said to be one of Germany's biggest contaminated former industrial sites, in parts with high concentrations of chemical contaminants on residential properties. Since 1991, the premises have undergone a far-reaching cleanup; in March 2006, the job was officially declared done. 154 tonnes of contaminants were dug out of the ground, 697 tonnes were dug out of a dump, and 3 tonnes of TNT – still capable of exploding – were unearthed.
Notice that a number of the buildings were half undergroud to prevent destruction of other buildings after a explosion.
DAG Nitration building
DAG Bombenfulstelle B
Abfulanlage
Since 1959 city Stadtallendorf with Hessen Barracks is one of the largest garrison towns of Hessen and with the award of municipal rights in the year 1960 the city experienced considerable growth in both importance and structure. The number of inhabitants amounts to today approximately 21,600.
Map of the City of Stadtallendorf today
The target of the development of the city construction is it to give to the individual housing developments around Stadtallendorf a vibrant city center. By October 1980 the first section was finished. It covers a pedestrian precinct with a retail trade and a service area beside a market place with natural stone wells and generous parking facilities.
The attractiveness of the new city center has continued to improve in recent years and continues today by settlement of additional specialist shops and services enterprises. Added in January 1983 the City Hall, a sports hall with 1,000 seats, the fire-brigade headquarters and 142 new housing units.
Website Stadtallendorf today
William Uyen
November 18, 1943 HisStory during the Air-battle of Berlin March 31, 1944
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 "Das 1945 nach der Befreiung von aliierten Truppen aufgenommene Foto zeigt ein unterirdisches Kraftwerk der DAG-Munitionsfabrik in Stadtallendorf, das noch im Bau war un dnicht mehr fertiggestellt werden konnte.
Gebäude nach der Befreiung 1945, hier: Unterirdisches kraftwerk DAG, im Bau")
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 "Abfüllanlage der Granatenfüllstelle B, 2 in den Munitionsfabriken (Stadt-)Allendorf, 1942-1945")
