Faßberg (ang. Fassberg) is a municipality in the district of Celle, in

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. It is situated approximately 35 km north of

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle (district), Celle in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller (Germany), Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about ...

, and 30 km west of

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History

:''The pre-war history of Fassberg air base includes a number of interesting details and well-known names. From the spring of 1933, not only airfields and planes were built for the German Air Force, numerous training centres were also created, and in the first years, because of the Versailles Treaty, they were called by names that veiled their real purpose.''

Climate

Faßberg has an

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(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...

: ''Cfb''; Trewartha: ''Dobk'').

Places of interest

* Historic village centre of

Müden (Örtze) Müden is a village in the municipality of Faßberg in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village, which is situated in the district of Celle has around 2220 inhabitants and is a very popular touris ...

Berlin Airlift The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, roa ...

memorial * St. Laurentius church * Treppenspeicher barns from the 18th and 19th centuries * Old village square with its old smithy with ''Sod'' and ''Wippe'' * Old cemetery with the graves of poet Felicitas Rose and artist Fritz Flebbe * Former residence of the heath poet Felicitas Rose *

Hermann Löns Hermann Löns (29 August 1866 – 26 September 1914) was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the L ...

memorial plaque on house at ''Salzmoor 2a'' *

Heath A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a coole ...

farmsteads with '' Treppenspeicher'' barns in Schmarbeck and Oberohe * Löns Stone with area of heathland on the Wietzer Berg (towards

Hermannsburg Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle (district), Celle district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Südheide (municipality), Südheide. It has been a state-recognised resort t ...

on the L214 state road) * Haußelberg with large areas of heath near Gerdehus * Juniper wood and shattered

glacial erratic A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock (geology), rock differing from the type of country rock (geology), rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word ' ("to wander"), are carried by gla ...

boulders in the heathland of Schmarbeck * Kiehnmoor nature reserve near Schmarbeck * Historic

water mill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production ...

in Müden (now a tourist office, bookshop and marriage office) * Deer park and adventurous climbing park in ''Heuweg'' in Müden (Örtze) *

German Aerospace Center The German Aerospace Center (, abbreviated DLR, literally ''German Center for Air- and Space-flight'') is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany, founded in 1969. It is headquartered in Cologne with 3 ...

Trauen Institute of Propulsion Technology, Engine / Fire Safety (Abt. Triebwerk, Gruppe Brandschutz) File:Schafstall.jpg,

Heidschnucke The Heidschnucke is a group of three types of moorland sheep from northern Germany. Like a number of other types from Scandinavia and Great Britain, they are Northern European short-tailed sheep. The three breeds of Heidschnucke (in order of pop ...

sheep shed in Niederohe File:TreppenspeicherOheOberohe.jpg, '' Treppenspeicher'' barn on the Hof v. d. Ohe farm at Oberohe File:Heidefläche.jpg, Heathland near Haußelberg File:Loensstein.jpg, The Löns Stone on the Wietzer Berg

Bibliography

* Matthias Blazek: ''Die geheime Großbaustelle in der Heide – Faßberg und sein Fliegerhorst 1933–2013''. Ibidem, Stuttgart 2013, . * Michael Ende, Peter Müller, Urs Müller: ''Celle – Stadt und Landkreis''. Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2007, . * Christoph M. Glombek: ''Chronik der Gemeinde Faßberg mit den Ortschaften Müden/Örtze, Poitzen und Schmarbeck''. Faßberg 2002. * Hans Stärk: ''Geschichte von Faßberg''. Faßberg 1971. * ''Faßberg – Luft- und Raumfahrt in der Heide''. Magazine for the AeroSpaceDay Faßberg, edited by the municipality of Faßberg, Faßberg 2013, .

References

External links

Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Robert Krauß (1894–1953) at the Bomber-Flying-School Faßberg (01 Oct 1936-31 Dec 1936)
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