Winkelbunker

Winkelbunker is a bunker in Gießen, Giessen, Hesse. Winkelbunker is situated near the power station Blockheizkraftwerk, as well as near the historic building Ehemaliges Wachhaus.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Thomas Morus and Gießen Licher Straße station.

St. Thomas Morus

Church

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St. Thomas Morus is a church, which is situated 230 metres northwest of Winkelbunker.

Gießen Licher Straße station

Railway stop

Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gießen Licher Straße is a station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany on the Vogelsberg Railway. Gießen Licher Straße station is situated 230 metres southeast of Winkelbunker.

Sporthalle Gießen-Ost is an indoor sporting arena located in Gießen, Germany. The gym was built in the 1960s both as the gym of a nearby high school as well as the gym for the city's professional basketball team, the Giessen 46ers. Sporthalle Gießen-Ost is situated 670 metres south of Winkelbunker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annerod and Linden.

Annerod

Village

Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Annerod is a small village, part of the municipality Fernwald, in Germany between Gießen and Großen-Buseck approximately 70 km north of Frankfurt. Annerod has a population of about 3189 people. Annerod is situated 4 km east of Winkelbunker.

Linden

Village

Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Linden is a small town in the Gießen district, central Hesse, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km south of Gießen. The Dießenbach, a small brook, flows into the Kleebach in Linden. Linden is situated 7 km southwest of Winkelbunker.

Winkelbunker

Type: Bunker
Categories: building, historic site, and military installation
Location: Gießen, Giessen, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.58332° or 50° 34′ 60″ north

Longitude

8.69514° or 8° 41′ 43″ east

Established

1936

Height

23 metres (75 feet)

Roof shape

gambrel

Open location code

9F2CHMMW+83

OpenStreetMap ID

way 206008828

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

military=bunker

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Highlights: Blockheizkraftwerk and Ehemaliges Wachhaus.

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