Rostock: Marienehe Airfield

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CoordinatesN540730 E0120442 (WGS84) Google Maps
Former East Germany (GDR)District of Rostock
Federal stateMecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
RegionBaltic sea
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Rostock Marienehe

During World War II

Use

Airfield of Heinkel aircraft company.

Situation

During the Cold War

Use

Short time usage by East German Forces as helicopter base. Thereafter airfield of the paramilitary organization Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (GST). Later the airfield was closed to build the Fischkombinat fish factory.
Timeline
● The harbor basin was built from 1950 to 1952.
● The grass has been removed from all runways at Marienehe airfield, which will be used for motorcycle and car races. The first training for the races was held on the airfield on 25 March 1951.
(Sources: CIA)

Overview

1953
Aerial picture former  Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory, Rostock, Germany
Aerial picture of the former Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory - 1: airfield, 2: area of the former aircraft works, 3: newly built fishing port; a: Rostock - Warnemünde railway line. Places: Evershagen. River Warnow.
Source: Landesamt für innere Verwaltung M-V, Amt für Geoinformation, Vermessung und Katasterwesen - www.geoportal-mv.de, Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
Rostock Marienehe airfield, Germany
Airfield - 1: runways, 2: former airplane ramp, 3: former aircraft revetments
Fish combine Rostock, East Germany
Former aircraft works, now fish combine under construction - 1: newly built harbour basin, 2: tram stop
Rostock Marienehe Airfield: Runways
Runways
Ramp
Ramp - 1: Here a mast casts a shadow
Buildings at Rostock Marienehe, East Germany
Buildings - In the area there are still many bomb craters from the Second World War.
Construction site Fish Combine Rostock, GDR
Construction site Fish Combine
New fishing port Rostock
New fishing port
1966
Rostock Marienehe Airfield, Germany, on a US satellite image 1966
The former airfield and the former Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke aircraft factory on a US satellite image from 19 July 1966
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Runways
In the north there are still the remains of the runways.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
VEB Fischkombinat Rostock
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Fishing harbour
Fishing harbor
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Radio communication

The East German radio call sign was LEO.

Today

Use

Closed. The area has been overbuilt with industrial objects. Some relics of the airfield respectively of the factory can still be found.

Overview

Aerial image Rostock Marienehe, Germany 2016
The area today (2016)
Source: Landesamt für innere Verwaltung M-V, Amt für Geoinformation, Vermessung und Katasterwesen - www.geoportal-mv.de, Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0, www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0

Sources

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