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The above-ground part of the plant, on a 8,700 square metre site, was disguised as a training and recreational home of the
Deutsche Bundesbank in a residential area. The bunker has a main and an emergency access. The bunker can be accessed via the main entrance, located at 35, Am Wald, or through the
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In the years of the Cold War there was always the danger that a conflict between the West (NATO) and the
Eastern bloc (Warsaw Pact) could break out. The Federal Republic of Germany was endangered by its position as a border state between the two blocs. For this reason, various security measures were
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In the event of a nuclear war, the bunker would have protected up to 100 civilians who could have survived two weeks there. In addition to the vaults, there were also sleeping and working rooms, a warning post and a radio room with a direct connection to the
Ministry of the Interior. The system had
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entrepreneur, who repaired the bunker and turned it into a museum. The zoning plan was changed in 2015 for this purpose, but group tours have been offered since the end of 2015. Since March 2016, the bunker at Cochem is also open to individuals for guided tours as an official documentation site; a
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its own electricity supply by diesel generators and 18,000 litres of fuel reserves; the drinking water supply was secured by means of deep well secured and a 40,000 litre tank. The air supply for breathing was ensured by a sand filter.
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the bunker and listen to noises in the vault by means of an intercom. The vault itself could only be accessed by a few employees of the
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The entire facility, consisting of the above-ground plot with two large camouflage dwellings and the underground bunker and vault system, was sold in 2014 for less than 500,000 euros to a
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basement of the training centre. The emergency exit is located in the cooling tower in the back of the garden and is camouflaged by trees and shrubs.
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479:"Cochem: Ex-Geheimbunker der Bundesbank öffnet seine Tore"
504:"Geheime Notfallwährung: Die Mark, die nie in Umlauf kam"
360:"Der Ausweichsitz der Deutschen Bundesbank im Moseltal"
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