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--Dec 22 2022
Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof - Berlin, Germany#RightNow Berlin: Tempelhofer Feld - Part 6
The complex is composed of an ellipse created by the aerodrome and the vast building complex extending along its north-western vertex. It consists of a series of symmetrical sections, starting with a large circular square (only partly completed) that opens into a “Court of Honour” flanked by administration wings. This court, in turn, leads to the reception building and the terminal building.
Construction, which began in 1936, ceased during the Second World War.
The stair towers, for instance, remained unfinished. They were designed as ascents to the planned roof tribune, which was scheduled to hold more than 80,000 spectators at the Luftwaffe air displays projected by Hitler.
During the war, the new building ensemble contained production centre for the armaments industry, as well as a commandant’s office.
Near the entrance to the departure building is a statue of an eagle’s head. According to the inscription on the base, this is all that remains of the 4.5 m statue of an eagle, designed by Sagebiel and executed by the sculptor Walter Lemcke, which stood on the roof of the building and was visible from a considerable distance. Contrary to the assumptions of many, it grasped in its claws, not a swastika (like the eagle which symbolized the Third Reich), but a globe (like the planned summit of the Great Hall designed for Germania. In 1962 it was removed to permit the installation of new radar equipment and sent to the museum at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The U.S. Air Force returned it to the people of Berlin in 1985.
Text Source: City of Berlin and Wikipedia
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The complex is composed of an ellipse created by the aerodrome and the vast building complex extending along its north-western vertex. It consists of a series of symmetrical sections, starting with a large circular square (only partly completed) that opens into a “Court of Honour” flanked by administration wings. This court, in turn, leads to the reception building and the terminal building.
Construction, which began in 1936, ceased during the Second World War.
The stair towers, for instance, remained unfinished. They were designed as ascents to the planned roof tribune, which was scheduled to hold more than 80,000 spectators at the Luftwaffe air displays projected by Hitler.
During the war, the new building ensemble contained production centre for the armaments industry, as well as a commandant’s office.
Near the entrance to the departure building is a statue of an eagle’s head. According to the inscription on the base, this is all that remains of the 4.5 m statue of an eagle, designed by Sagebiel and executed by the sculptor Walter Lemcke, which stood on the roof of the building and was visible from a considerable distance. Contrary to the assumptions of many, it grasped in its claws, not a swastika (like the eagle which symbolized the Third Reich), but a globe (like the planned summit of the Great Hall designed for Germania. In 1962 it was removed to permit the installation of new radar equipment and sent to the museum at the United States Military Academy at West Point. The U.S. Air Force returned it to the people of Berlin in 1985.
Text Source: City of Berlin and Wikipedia
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