Lost Places
Abandoned Places along the Coast of the Baltic Sea
In northeast Germany you still can find a number of abandoned places along the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Most of the places were established for military reasons by the german army during the Hitler regime. After World War II nearly all places remained in use by the Soviet Army or the german NVA. With the german reunification and the withdrawal of the soviet army many of these places fall into ruins.
Some places are now museums, others are going to be destroyed and converted into a golf resort and the rest is still in this condition today (or even worse…).
I have photographed these places for the german magazine GEO.
Wustrow
The abandoned garden city of Wustrow on the Wustrow Peninsula, which was known during the Third Reich for its military base. German Wehrmacht officers and their families lived in the houses there, and after the Second World War, Russian soldiers were stationed there.
Wustrow
The abandoned garden city of Wustrow on the Wustrow Peninsula. Every house had a garden, including fruit trees, which continue to grow amongst the ruins today.
Prora
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Pütnitz
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Pütnitz
Football pitch next to the runway of the abandoned Pütnitz air base near Ribnitz-Damgarten. After the Soviet army withdrew, the site was largely left to itself.
Peenemünde
Russian MiG-17 fighter jet in front of the former power plant of the Peenemünde Army Experimental Station. Two complete different world views on one photograph.
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