Vogelsang Military Town (Zehdenick) — Garrison of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

Военный городок Фогельзанг (Цеденик) — гарнизон Группы советских войск в Германии

GermanyЦеденик (Фогельзанг)1952–1994Military sites

The military town in the forest north of the village of Vogelsang was built from 1952 for the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and was designed for about 15,000 people — servicemen and their families; it had a theatre, a school, a gym, shops and a hospital. It was the third-largest Soviet garrison in East Germany and, from the early 1960s, the headquarters of the 25th Tank Division. After the troops left in 1994 the town was abandoned and most of the buildings have been demolished.

Военный городок в лесу к северу от деревни Фогельзанг строился с 1952 года для Группы советских войск в Германии и был рассчитан примерно на 15 тысяч человек — военнослужащих и членов их семей; в нём были театр, школа, спортивный зал, магазины и госпиталь. Третий по величине советский гарнизон в ГДР, с начала 1960-х годов — место размещения штаба 25-й танковой дивизии. После вывода войск в 1994 году городок опустел, большая часть построек снесена.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionMilitary site (historical)

Present ownerGermany (since the withdrawal of troops in 1994)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1952

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2016-07

The troops left in 1994; according to Luzerner Zeitung (8 July 2016), many buildings have already been demolished and the remaining ones are also slated for removal.