TotallyInOverMyHead
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_iwlcac6 wrote
Reply to comment by divDevGuy in German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million by ananovanews
one is a bunker, to hide in during a nuklear exchange - the other is a home to use most of life.
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_iwl0b93 wrote
Reply to comment by Bikelangelo in German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million by ananovanews
Pretty sure there are tons like those on both private and public land, from ww2 to the cold war all long forgotten, or kept secret on purpose.
On the other hand, the ruins of a castle can reasonably work as a bunker as long as you manage to dig out their basements without them caving in on you.
Germany has afaik some 20k castles still in existance with countless more ruins.
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_iwkzi0j wrote
Reply to comment by Bikelangelo in German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million by ananovanews
No, I just like to visit my 600 inhabitant birthplace in bumfuck-nowhere (Germany) every now and then and visit the old neighbours, you get asked to help carry up some cases of beer or whine and then you ask, "hey, whats that giant vault, are you storing ww2-gold or something ?" " nope thats just my nuclear bunker" you shrug and the conversation moves on.
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But a quick google search provided the number of 2k public bunkers and 9k private ones (see: https://www.thelocal.de/20220304/how-prepared-is-germany-in-the-event-of-a-military-attack/)
However, from experience, ALOT of bunkers are NOT publicly known. Case in point, when we bought our home in the mid 90's and were doing some digging in the garden, we found a giant concrete slab 2 meters below ground. At first we thought it was a typical country-side underground conrete sewage silo.
Nope, a bunker that can comfortably hold 10 people - stocked with food from the mid 80's and looked unused. sealed it back up, still is there for when it is needed, don't even think the new owners know about it. It defnitely is not on the public plans or the semi-public ones that list power, water and gaslines.
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_iwkw9oz wrote
Reply to comment by mage_irl in German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million by ananovanews
There are quite a bunch of nuclear bomb shelters from the cold war area in Germany. Up until as late as 1989 you could get a tax credit if you included one in your homes build. Some even got straight up subsidized.
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I know from the top of my head 12 houses that have these shelters. And i don't mean U.S. Survivalist types of shelters. We are talking meters and meters upon steel/concrete walls with lead inserts. Own power, fresh water and waste systems and storage and living facilities with capabilities to support >30 people for years on end.
GIANT thick Vault-Like Doors. Sometimes multiple layers as to form an airlock.
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_isx2osv wrote
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“To my knowledge, we have not seen this before in the West…[...]" But we have seen it in the East (specificially made by Iran to blow up ukranian civilian buildings via target information from Russia. It is called a suicide drone (this one just has sustained offensive Capabilities)
TotallyInOverMyHead t1_iwlhs3g wrote
Reply to comment by WilliamMorris420 in German Cold War Nuclear Fallout Bunker For Sale On eBay For EUR 1.6 Million by ananovanews
just because you don't wan't to, doesn't mean it doesn't HAVE TO be listed in Germany. Remember, we are talking about GERMANY, where you need a licence + permission + Bureaucracy for EVERYTHING.