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Posted: 05 May 2014

Taken: 05 May 2014

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Hamburg Now and Then - View from the Belltower of St. Michaelis - West

Hamburg Now and Then - View from the Belltower of St. Michaelis - West
Enlarge for plenty of details and compare!

The panorama of 1950 has been stitched from 6 old prints, taken by my dad mid April 1950, shortly after the tower had been opended to the public again. The rubble from the allied bombing raids of 1943 to 1945 has been cleared already but 70% of the buildings of the city are still in ruins.

The panorama of 2014 has been taken on April 11th, it shows a booming city with all scars from the war removed and all the gaps finally closed. However, one of the two big Bunkers still stands unimpressed ...

See the full 360° panorama here: Hamburg 360°

jeybee68, bonsai59, beverley, uwschu and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 LutzP
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... yes Bev, we should never forget, but some lunatics have again forgotten, that there will be only loosers after a war ...

Thanks and greets, Lutz
9 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
Finally had time to check these through in full size (not just full screen but the original size)! Plenty of interesting details to see. For example I didn't know there were those big bunkers also in Hamburg. I thought they were built in Berlin only.
7 years ago.
 LutzP
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The big one, which is still there was the combat bunker equipped with heavy gunnery. The smaller one, which has been demolished in the fifties was the fire control bunker. The bis one resisted all attempts of demolishion.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower#Flakturm_IV_.E2.80.93_Heiligengeistfeld.2C_Hamburg
7 years ago.
 bonsai59
bonsai59 club
Danke für den Link, Lutz! - Das Millerntorstadion war damals wohl noch ein Fußballplatz. ;-D
20 months ago. Edited 20 months ago.
 LutzP
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Gern Frank, ja, auch schon damals KultClub. Und auch die Lokalderbys immer ein Event, bis 1963 gabs das ja auch 2 x im Jahr (Oberliga Nord)
20 months ago. Edited 20 months ago.

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