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A Former Closed Military Town Closed military towns In the former Communist countries there are several so-called closed military towns with important military installati ons such as airfi elds, harbors, missile bases, centers for military units, training grounds or towns producing important military equipment. The towns were closed to visitors from the outside and oft en erased from maps. Many of the towns had been used by the military for decades. The reason was simply that they were located on important strategic military locati ons that did not change over the years. This strategic importance changed radically following the development of advanced military equipment connected to fl ights, submarines and missile technology in parti cular. Some old military towns are sti ll of military importance; for example, the Russian ice-free ports on the Kola Peninsula at the Barents Sea. Borne Sulinowo. A German training ground replaced by a Soviet military base Borne Sulinowo is a small Polish town with about 5.000 inhabitants. It was a closed military town during both the Second World War and the <strong>Cold</strong> War period. It also represents a concentrati on of historically valuable locati ons connected to Borne Sulinowo was built by the Germans in the years 1934-38 as a military base with training grounds and an arti llery school. 160 recent history. Borne Sulinowo was built by the Germans in the years 1934- 38 as a military base with testi ng and training grounds and an arti llery school. The German name Grossborn comes from a nearby village. The base was opened by Adolf Hitler in 1938. The training ground housed General Heinz Guderian’s Army Corps. An arti fi cial desert was built near the Grossborn village and was used by the units of Erwin Rommel’s Africa Corps. A prison camp Ofl ag II D Gross Born was established in the nearby forest. It was divided into 3 parts: for Polish offi cers, for French offi cers and for Russian soldiers. The remains of the so-called Pomeranian Wall can be seen near the town. It was a line of forti fi cati ons constructed from 1930-37 by the Germans to prevent an att ack from Poland. This line, with almost 1,000 concrete bunkers, was reconstructed and reinforced in 1944 to stop the advance of the Soviet Army. Hard batt les near the town lasted for more than two weeks. One of the biggest Soviet military bases of the so-called Northern Group of forces was established in the town aft er the <strong>war</strong>. It included Borne Sulinowo town, the nearby military town Klomino and a missile base near the Brzeznica colony. The area was under Soviet military jurisdicti on and on maps was simply shown as forested area without any buildings. After the Soviet period The Soviet Army left the town in October 1992, a few years aft er the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Polish army soon took over and, in June 1993, the town was offi cially opened to the public for the fi rst ti me. Among the fi rst inhabitants were Polish repatriates from Siberia and Kazakhstan. They were now fi nally allowed to return to Poland aft er more than 50 years of forced resett lement in the Soviet Union. Today, the central parts of the town are sti ll dominated by houses from the German period, with an interesti ng town plan and valuable architecture. The town is also infl uenced by Soviet architecture, especially some large blocks of fl ats. It is possible to pinpoint houses of special historical interest, such as the offi cers’ house and casino, houses for Guderian, Rommel and Eva Braun and, from the Soviet period, the KGB headquarter. Tourist offi ce in Borne Sulinowo (Informacja Turystyczna) Address: ul. Bolesława Chrobrego 3A. Website: www.bornesulinowo.pl (only in Polish). Opening hour: 8.00-16.00
Borne Sulinowo, Poland Top left : The offi cers’ house and casino, built during the German period. Top right: Former soldiers barracks. Right: Research and exhumati on works in a former German prison camp from the Second World War, Ofl ag II D Gross Born. Bott om left : From an abandoned Soviet military town Westf alenhof (Klomino) in the area. Bott om right: From the former missile base near the Brzeznica colony. 161
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