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Tannenberg Tannenberg Location: West of Freudenstadt (Schwarze Walt); Schwarzwaldhochstrasse, about 2 kilometers north of the Alexanderschanze on the mountain Kniebis

Today: Gone, but some remains are still there. The area is covered with trees now. There are no traces of the wooden barracks (Hitler had his own chalet) anymore. The bunkers that were there, were blown up. To find anything you probably need a good map of the old situation.

This Führer Headquarter was never used as such. It could have played a part in the invasion of France, but the final plans were different. Hitler visited the Tannenberg once. On June 28, 1940 at 11.00 a.m. Hitler arrived at the FHQ Tannenberg on the mountain Kniebis in Germany. He stayed there until July 5, 1940 at which time he took the train in Oppenau for Berlin. He made a few trips through the Elsass by car, which included a visit to soldiers in a hospital at Freudenstadt (picture on the left, above) and the Maginot Line (picture on the right, ).

All pictures: Hitler at the FHQ Tannenberg in 1940.