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  Kummersdorf - Biocrawler
Kummersdorf is the name of an estate near Luckenwalde at 52°05' N and 13°20' E, around 25km south of Berlin, in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
Until 1945 Kummersdorf hosted the weapon office of the German Army which ran a development centre for future weapons, as well as an artillery range.
Wernher von Braun developed the liquid propellant rockets type A-1 and A-2 in Kummersdorf; this research was moved to Peenemünde in 1936 as the facility was too small for testing.
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 Kummersdorf - MedPort-Lexikon
Kummersdorf ist die Bezeichnung eines Gutsbezirks bei Luckenwalde (Geographische Koordinaten: 52°05' nördliche Breite, 13°20' östliche Länge).
In Kummersdorf befand sich vor 1945 das Heereswaffenamt der Deutschen Wehrmacht, welches dort ein Entwicklungszentrum für neue Waffensyseme betrieb.
Aus Platzgründen konnten in Kummersdorf aber keine größeren Raketen gestartet werden.
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  tScholars.com | Kummersdorf   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kummersdorf is the name of an estate near Luckenwalde at [[[:Template:Coor URL]]52_05_N_13_20_E_ 52°05′N 13°20′E], around 25km south of Berlin, in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
Until 1945 Kummersdorf hosted the weapon office of the German Army which ran a development centre for future weapons as well as an artillery range.
An Army research group established in Kummersdorf in 1932 under the direction of Walter Dornberger developed the liquid propellant rockets type A1, A2 and A3 there.
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 Aggregate series - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At a length of 1.6 meters and thrust of 3 kilonewtons from alcohol and liquid oxygen, it was in outline similar to the A1.
At Kummersdorf, the A-2 rocket was developed in 1934.
In 1936, Army General von Fritsch witnessed a static firing of an A3 at Kummersdorf, and was sufficiently impressed to lend his support to the rocket program (Huzel 1962, p.
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 Kummersdorf
By the late 1930s, it had become clear the site was too small and congested for the kinds of tests that were needed.
The staff at Kummersdorf already numbered around 80 and more engineers and laborers were needed.
A new site was sought on the coast from which rockets could be safely launched, tracked and/or recovered during testing, and which was also secure and secret.
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 Aggregate series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At a length of 1.6 meters and thrust of 3 kilonewtons from alcohol and liquid oxygen, it was in outline similar to the A1.
In 1936, Army General von Fritsch witnessed a static firing of an A3 at Kummersdorf, and was sufficiently impressed to lend his support to the rocket program (Huzel 1962, p.
It became clearer that von Braun's designs were turning into real weapons, and Dornberger moved the team from the artillery testing grounds at Kummersdorf (near Berlin) to a small town, Peenemünde, on the island of Usedom on Germany's Baltic coast, in order to provide more room for testing and greater secrecy.
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 Germany
At Kummersdorf, the A-2 rocket was developed in 1934.
In 1936, Army General von Fritsch witnessed a static firing of an A-3 at Kummersdorf, and was sufficiently impressed to lend his support to the rocket program (Huzel 1962, p.
By 1937, the majority of the Kummersdorf crew, which had grown from eight in 1932 to approximately one hundred, was transferred to Peenemünde.
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 KUMMERSDORF Articles Kummersdorf is the name of an estat
Kummersdorf is the name of an estate near Luckenwalde at 52°05'N, 13°20'E, around 25km south of Berlin, in the Brandenburg region of Germany.
An Army research group established in Kummersdorf in 1932 under the direction of Walter Dornberger developed the liquid propellant rockets type A1, A2 and A3 there.
The facility was too limited for advanced motor and flight testing, so in 1936-1937 the group (now also supported by the Luftwaffe) moved to a site at Peenemünde on the island of Usedom on the Baltic coast which offered much greater space and secrecy.
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 Kummersdorf - bedeutung definition erklärung glossar zu Kummersdorf   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Kummersdorf befand sich vor 1945 das Heereswaffenamt der Deutschen Wehrmacht, welches dort ein Entwicklungszentrum für neue Waffensyseme betrieb.
Aus Platzgründen konnten in Kummersdorf aber keine größeren Raketen gestartet werden.
Ab 1938 wurde in Kummersdorf auf dem Gebiet der Atomenergie geforscht.
kummersdorf.lexikona.de /art/Kummersdorf.html   (137 words)

  
 BdM 12/04 Weihnachten für Kummersdorf - Comicforum - Hauptforum
Und letztendlich noch eine allgemeine Frage: Diese Geschichte erschien in Deutschland in der "Ich, Donald Duck"-Reihe auch unter dem banalen Titel "Donald Duck und der Unglücksgroschen".
Zeichnerisch ist Weihnachten für Kummersdorf aber ganz vorn.
In "Weihnachten für Kummersdorf" macht er jedenfalls keinen sonderlich flüssigen Eindruck.
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 Experimental Tank Unit at Kummersdorf
Before and during World War II, the Wehrmacht Heer (German army) had a research facility at Kummersdorf, a small village southeast of Trebbin, which is a town south of Berlin in Brandenburg province.
The experimental tank unit Panzer-Abteilung Kummersdorf, part of the Panzer-Division Müncheberg, was assigned to this facility.
In 1936, von Braun's rocket research was moved to a new and much larger facility at Peenemünde, on the seacoast in East Prussia.
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 Peace messages from Kummersdorf-Gut (Friedensbotschaften)
The development of rockets at that time shows two faces in Kummersdorf: the weapon forge on one side and the cradle of to-day’s civil astronautics on the other side.
This was the result of the military development, which started in Kummersdorf and carried on from 1937 in Peenemünde.
The technical progress, which started in Kummersdorf and leaded over Peenemünde with the impulse for the Weapon V 2 to the rocket experiments of the great powers USA and UdSSR, returned with the Sputnik from 1957 again to its civil beginning.
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 Kummersdorf
He is working on a 300 kgf thrust liquid propellant engine, which has been tested with an exhaust velocity of 1700 m/s, but it is believed can be tuned up to as much as 1900 m/s.
The A1 is to be 1.4 m long x 30 cm in diameter, a 150 kg gross takeoff weight, and 40 kg of propellant., allowing a 16.5 second burn time.
Dr Kurt Wahmke and two technicians were testing a 90% H2O2/Alcohol combination at Kummersdorf when the chamber exploded, killing them.
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 Axis History Forum :: Let's Build: Panzer Abteilung 'Kummersdorf'!!!
Kummersdorf received five of the last Tiger Is to be issued on 23 February 1945.
Kummersdorf" there (like Towns called Highland in the US for example) In the last days the collect many soldiers from different units and called these Troops "Alarmeinheit" To seperate them they got names from the highest officer or the town near where they was (like
On 15 March 1945 it was reported 8 Tigers as operational, 1 in short term maintenance, 2 in long term maintenance and 1 in transit for delivery.
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 Dornberger
Thiel and five staff working on V-2 rocket engine development remained at Kummersdorf until the summer of 1940, when the test stands at Peenemuende were finally completed..
In the short turnaround typical of the times, the team drove to Kummersdorf and built a 21-cm diameter pipe that could fire a barrage of four smoke rockets.
Two days later, it was reported back that the device was used successfully in combat, and it was put into production.
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Kummersdorf also became a site for the development and testing of a number of prototype jet-assisted take-off (JATO) units for aircraft.
Under the direction of Captain Walter Dornberger, the Kummersdorf team was quickly able to design and build the A-1 (Aggregate-1) rocket.
The A-1 was powered by a combination of liquid oxygen and alcohol, and could develop a thrust of about 660 pounds.
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 diary 27
At Kummersdorf, a village some 25 kilometres south of Berlin, the Army experimented under the direction of Hauptmann Walter Dornberger, an artil­lery captain who graduated in 1930 from the Technische Hochschule Berlin with a degree in mechanical engineering.
The first new rocket to be developed by Wernher von Braun and the Kummersdorf team was the liquid-propelled A1, an abbreviation for Aggregat 1.
The staff at Kummersdorf was increased and the organisation grew as did the power of the rockets.
www.combat-diaries.co.uk /diary27/diary27chapter11peenemundestory.htm   (9375 words)

  
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 Maus
The official line in the West regarding the fate of both Maus prototypes was that "they were blown up at Kummersdorf" to prevent their capture by the Soviets.
Further examination of the vehicle suggested that it combined the hull of one prototype with the turret of the second.
According to a new reference about the Kummersdorf proving ground, in the latter half of 1944 both Maus prototypes arrived at Kummersdorf for testing after final assembly of the turret and chassis at F. Krupp.
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 Map of Kummersdorf Ort (Germany) - nona.net
Kummersdorf Ort is a populated place in Brandenburg, which is a region of Germany.
An overview map of the region around Kummersdorf Ort is displayed below.
The closest airport is SXF - Berlin Schonefeld, located 28.7 km north east of Kummersdorf Ort.
www.nona.net /features/map/placedetail.482331/Kummersdorf%20Ort   (131 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kummersdorf
Then he moved to Kummersdorf, outside Berlin, to help his...
Far better than up at Kummersdorf." As he spoke he'd begun...
had of this was at Kummersdorf, where a meeting was held...
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 A4
Both were successfully flown at Kummersdorf to an altitude of 2 km.
The rocket's expected longer range required moving the launch site from Kummersdorf to the island of Greifwalder Oie (within site of the permanent new rocket test facilities being built at Peenemuende).
A total redesign, the A5, was used for subscale development of A4 technology.
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 taz, die tageszeitung :: Archiv
Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Kummersdorf (zuletzt als Löschmeister), 3 Jahre Vorsitzender e.
Das wurde nach der Wende alles geschlossen und wir, der Bürgerverein Kummersdorf, haben die Räume gemietet.
Auch Kurt Diebner forschte und experimentierte in seinem "Uranofen" in Kummersdorf, er war nämlich zugleich auch Chef der Versuchsstelle des Heereswaffenamtes in Gottow.
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 Die Angst der Kummersdorfer vor der große Katastrophe : Textarchiv : Berliner Kurier
Die 400 Einwohner des kleinen örtchens Kummersdorf haben sich daran längst gewöhnt.
Jeden Freitag vormittag wird auf dem naheliegenden Sprengplatz Weltkriegs-Munition in die Luft gejagt: Panzerfäuste, Handgranaten, Minen, Bomben.
Es kann absolut nichts passieren." Bereits 200 Tonnen Munition sind in diesem Jahr auf dem Kummersdorfer Sprengplatz vernichtet worden.
www.berlinonline.de /berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1996/0624/none/0016/index.html   (280 words)

  
 YouTube - Kummersdorf Germany Abandoned airbase Air Control Tower
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There is an old world war 1 (german) training base that was used to build artilery ammunition during world war 2.
Kummersdorf abandoned airbase germany soviet cold war ww1 ww2 air control tower
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 Amazing Planet - Maus Tank
From mid January to early October of 1944, trials took place at armored vehicle proving grounds in Kummersdorf (near Berlin) and then at Porsche proving grounds at Boblingen.
Some sources state that according to Porsche, Hitler's aim for the Maus was to plug holes in the Atlantic coastal defenses on the Western Front, where it's limited range and mobility wouldn't have been too much of a hindrance.
The popular version states that V2 prototype was blown up by the personnel at proving grounds in Kummersdorf, while some sources state that actually V2 saw combat while defending the facility at Kummersdorf.
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 Wernher von Braun and Kummersdorf - collectSPACE: Messages
von Braun left his friends at Tegel and went to the Proving Ground at Kummersdorf, where he had enough resources and technical equipment to continue rocket development on a professional scale.
At Kummersdorf, roughly 40 miles South of Berlin, he wrote his doctoral thesis.
After the war, Kummersdorf, formerly Germany's largest proving gorund, hosted a Soviet transport unit.
www.collectspace.com /ubb/Forum34/HTML/000066.html   (1353 words)

  
 Map of Kummersdorf (Germany) - nona.net
Kummersdorf is a populated place in Bayern, which is a region of Germany.
An overview map of the region around Kummersdorf is displayed below.
The closest airport is KLV - Karlovy Vary, located 111.6 km north of Kummersdorf.
www.nona.net /features/map/placedetail.482327/Kummersdorf   (146 words)

  
 Children's book of the week - Times Online
The US and EU may well decide that it is better to have a resolution vetoed by Russia than none at all.
“Kummersdorf (village of sorrows) is everywhere now,” says 14-year-old Effi, the heroine of this harrowing novel about her journey across Germany at the end of the second world war as the Russians advance.
Hanno, another 14-year-old, who is a deserter from the German army and a former member of the Hitler Youth, stumbles upon her and they travel together.
www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,2102-1004970,00.html   (610 words)

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