Former US and German Army Training Area „TENNENLOHE“

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:49 pm

Hi guys,

today I used my free day for a trip to the former US and German Army Training Area „TENNENLOHE“ northwest of Nürnberg (Nuremburg) with my bike. The training here stopped with the begin of the nineties with withdrawal of US troops from Nuremberg (Bavaria Germany). Today the site is a nature protection area. I ride higgledy-piggledy 33 km through the area, enjoyed the nice weather and great scenery and took some photos:

Former gasoline storage outside

Former gasoline storage inside

Former shooting stand

By the way I found some empty dark brown MRE pouches, an earplug case, some pads from tank chains an even some empty cartridges.

So long mreheater72

Post by **kman** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:55 pm

Interesting pics - thanks for sharing!

jfko6 · Post by **jfko6** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:30 pm

MreHeater:

Good photos. I've planning a similar base show and tell for these forums including a bike excursion. I think you will enjoy them.

Stay Tuned.

JFK

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:46 pm

I enjoyed the photos, thank you for sharing them.

Don't know if this has already been covered here, but there are quite a few 'urban exploration' websites that deal with abandoned Cold War installations, e.g.:

http://www.century20war.co.uk/index.html
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/index.shtml
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/for ... ay.php?f=3 - this site has closed, but the forum archives remain

Alter Mann · Post by **Alter Mann** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:39 am

well that used to be my "playground" when i was young-still visiting the area from time to time, if you need a guided tour let me know, i can show you some more bunkers/installations/firing ranges

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:37 am

Alter Mann wrote:well that used to be my "playground" when i was young-still visiting the area from time to time, if you need a guided tour let me know, i can show you some more bunkers/installations/firing ranges

That sounds very interesting! Will write PM! Thanks mreheater72

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:27 pm

Alter Mann wrote:well that used to be my "playground" when i was young-still visiting the area from time to time, if you need a guided tour let me know, i can show you some more bunkers/installations/firing ranges

Yesterday my nephew and me again made a tour in “Tennenlohe”, former US training area under guidance of German forum member “Alter Mann”

. Here are some photos:

On top of a mound that was used to "catch" bullets:

An old look-out (observation point?):

MRE-lunch on the look-out

:

„Alter Mann” thanks a lot!! It was a great day

!

So long mreheater72

Post by **kman** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:39 pm

Looks like a fun trip - thanks for sharing the pics!

norge · Post by **norge** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:00 pm

nice pictures

do you have pictures of your finds,like mre wraps and so on?
cheers from norge

Alter Mann · Post by **Alter Mann** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:54 pm

was a nice trip, thanks again for the cake, very tasty

too bad we did not have nice weather, as usual it was sunny today...

Former US and German Army Training Area „TENNENLOHE“

Former US and German Army Training Area „TENNENLOHE“

Training Ground