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Just off Vienna's happy-go-lucky Mariahilfer Strasse, I came upon a mighty WWII flak tower built in 1944, which still functions as a shelter for the Austrian government in times of crisis.There are several such WWII towers in Berlin, Hamburg, and Vienna — all built after Hitler realized he might be defending his empire on his own turf.
Flak Towers in Vienna
The gun tower at Arenbergpark is the biggest Flak Tower in Vienna. Flak Towers at Augarten: Augarten is another park in Vienna. It's located about a 2.5 km (1.5 mi) to the north of Vienna's historical town center. Both towers were built between Juli 1944 and January 1945 and are based on the third design of Flak Towers. They were the last.
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A 12.8 cm FlaK 40, the main guns of the Flak-towers, and its crew. Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-656-6103-09 / Morocutti / CC-BY-SA 3.0 Construction began almost immediately and in about six months, three massive 128-foot-tall concrete fortresses were fully constructed.
German WW2 Flak tower in Vienna Building Gallery
The flak towers at Augarten were finished quite late. Until 1942/1943, Vienna was out of reach for allied bombers. But that changed quickly, once Italy was occupied. Allegedly, the allied forces conducted more than 53 air raids on Vienna. Here, you'll find Flak Tower pair number 8, which was finished in January 1945.
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Building a flak tower [Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J16840 CC-BY-SA 3.0] The towers were incredibly well armed and protected, with 3.5 meter thick walls that were resistant to all Allied ordnance available at the time. They even featured retractable radar dishes! The towers used a multi-level and multi-caliber arrangement of guns that could throw out 8,000 rounds per minute, although most of these.
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The Vienna Flak Towers are located in the second, third and sixth districts. In addition to defense, the imposing size and immense firepower of the Vienna Flak Towers was meant to have a psychological impact as well. Three similar, but more massive Flak Towers were constructed in Berlin and two in Hamburg.
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Vienna's flak towers formed giant concrete blockhouses with 3.5m thick walls, built to house air defences to counter bombing raids by the allied forces. Too big to easily demolish, the flak tower in Esterhazy Park now houses the Haus des Meeres; 12 floors of watery entertainment. The literal translation is House of the Sea, which gives you an.
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The 'G-Tower' at Augarten, Vienna.The top of the 'L-Tower' is visible to the right. Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany.There were a total of 8 flak tower complexes in the cities of Berlin (three), Hamburg (two), and Vienna (three) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that used flak towers included Stuttgart and.
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Vienna is Sissi. Vienna is elegance, pleasure, great history, and - war. Vienna's Flak Towers; Aqua Terra Zoo - a former flak tower; Stiftskaserne and the bunker for the political tops; Augarten; Vienna and the history of war. Thinking about Vienna and wars, the history-minded visitor knows about the siege of the Ottoman troops in the 16th and.
One of the Flak Towers of Vienna, a massive Nazi air defense
Vienna Flak Tower Pair At Augarten. Because the Vienna flak tower pair at Augarten was the last one built in the Third Reich it is also the most modern. With 13 levels, the gun turret represents the highest flak tower in Vienna. Unlike the towers at Haus des Meeres, the Stift barracks and in Arenbergpark, the two towers at Augarten are not used.
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Augarten Flak Towers. Flak towers (Flaktürme) were eight complexes of large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany in the cities of Berlin, Hamburg, and Vienna from 1940 onwards. The towers were used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids against these cities during World War II.
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1 of 4. Wikipedia. Flak towers (German: Flakturme) were 8 complexes of large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed in the cities of Berlin (3), Hamburg (2), and Vienna (3) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that used flak towers included Stuttgart and Frankfurt. They were used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air.
Flak tower in Brigittenau (Vienna, Austria) [1600x1060] r/castles
Flakturm VII in Augarten, Vienna is a Generation 3 flak tower and was dangerous enough to be generally avoided by allied air-force during the war. Both G and L towers of Flakturm survived the war.
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The six flak towers in Vienna, however, remained almost unchanged until today. One of the towers is used as a storage facility for the museum of contemporary art MAK, another one has been transformed into an aquarium and climbing wall, a third one is located in the middle of a military complex and used by the Austrian army.
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The Arenbergpark Leitturm is the only flak tower owned by the City of Vienna. It was given to the city by the federal government of the Republic of Austria in 1991. The Leitturm is administered by the municipal department for facility management, the MA 34 Bau- und Gebäudemanagement. The municipal gardens department have used the ground floor.
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Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were eight complexes of large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany in the cities of.