Urbex · Aug 2026
Kaserne Möhlau (GSSD Kaserne Möhlau)
Möhlau started life as a Slavic settlement long before anyone in Moscow had drawn up plans for a signals brigade in the area. The place gets its first documented mention…
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Urbex · Feb 2026
Schloss Florsdorf (Pałac Żarska Wieś)
The village of Żarska Wieś (German: Florsdorf, formerly also Florensdorf or Floriansdorf) lies in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, within Zgorzelec County, Poland.…
Urbex · Nov 2025
Zine Launch: Faces From The East
Back in the middle of October (2025), we finally got around to launching a little passion project of ours - our first…
Urbex · Oct 2025
Schloss Hennersdorf (Pałacu w Jędrzychowicach)
Once a fine example of a Renaissance manor in Upper Lusatia, Schloss Hennersdorf (Polish: Pałacu w Jędrzychowicach) has shared the turbulent fate…
Brandenburg · Jun 2025
Panzertruppenschule Wünsdorf | Headquarters of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
We’ve already written an introduction about the development of Wünsdorf into the Military Headquarters of the Reichsheer in 1914 as well as…
Brandenburg · May 2025
Schule für Heeresmotorisierung (Wünsdorf)
We've already written an introduction about the development of Wünsdorf into the Military Headquarters of the Reichsheer in 1914 as well as…
Urbex · May 2025
Portola Süßwarenfabrik
Established in Magdeburg in 1913 under the name Schokoladenfabrik Pflöger & Krause "PORTOLA" - the "Portola" chocolate factory quickly established a reputation…
Urbex · May 2025
VEB Börde Brauerei Magdeburg
The merchant and wealthy landowner August Leberecht Bodenstein established the brewery "Brauerei A. Bodenstein" on his estate on the Sieverstorstraße on the…
Berlin · May 2025
The 10 Graves of Adolf Hitler
25 years (almost to the day) after of Adolf Hitlers suicide - his, and the ashes of some of his compatriots -…
Urbex · Apr 2025
Pionierschule Dessau-Roßlau
Wedged in between neatly renovated, and slightly imposing stone clad buildings lies a suspiciously derelict and neglected building. While the city of…
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