Valentin submarine pens
The Valentin submarine factory is a protective shelter on the Weser River at the Bremen suburb of Rekum, built to produce and launch German U-boats during World War II.Photo: Olliku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday: closed
public holidays: closed - Email: mail@bunkervalentin.de
- Type: Museum
- Description: architectural structure
- Address: Rekumer Siel, Bremen, 28777
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche and Rekumer Mühle.
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche
Church
Photo: Joern M, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche is a church, which is situated 770 metres southeast of Valentin submarine pens.
Rekumer Mühle
Windmill
Photo: Corradox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rekumer Mühle is a windmill, which is situated 1 km northeast of Valentin submarine pens.
Bremen-Farge station
Railway station
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bremen-Farge station is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Valentin submarine pens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farge and Elsfleth.
Farge
Quarter
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Farge is a small village in the borough Blumenthal of Bremen, Germany. It is located at the river Weser. The bombing of Bremen in World War II attacked Farge targets, including the oil storage. Farge is situated 2½ km southeast of Valentin submarine pens.
Elsfleth
Town
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Elsfleth is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser. Elsfleth is situated 3½ km northwest of Valentin submarine pens.
Berne
Village
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Berne is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Weser, approximately 20 km east of Oldenburg and 25 km northwest of Bremen. Berne is situated 4 km south of Valentin submarine pens.
Valentin submarine pens
- Categories: bunker, shipyard, memorial, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.21698° or 53° 13′ 1″ northLongitude
8.50395° or 8° 30′ 14″ eastOperator
Landeszentrale für politische BildungOpen location code
9F5C6G83+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7239711169OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q466256
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Valentin submarine pens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاعدة غواصات فالنتين”
- Czech: “Ponorkový bunkr Valentin”
- French: “U-Boot-Bunker Valentin”
- German: “Bunker Valentin”
- German: “Denkort U-Boot-Bunker Valentin”
- German: “U-Boot-Bunker Farge”
- German: “U-Boot-Bunker Valentin”
- German: “U-Bootbunker Valentin”
- Hebrew: “מבצור הצוללות ולנטין”
- Hungarian: “Valentin tengeralattjáró-fedezék”
- Japanese: “ヴァーレンティーン・ブンカー”
- Japanese: “ヴァーレンティーン”
- Japanese: “ファレンティン・ブンカー”
- Polish: “Bunkier okrętów podwodnych Valentin”
- Russian: “Valentin (бункер)”
- Russian: “Valentin”
- Spanish: “Refugio para submarinos de Valentin”
- Swedish: “Ubåtsbunkern Valentin”
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