Historical-Technical Museum Peenemünde GmbH / Historisch-Technischen Museum Peenemünde GmbH
- Cultural Route
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- Liberation Route Europe
- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Germany
- Member Category
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- Museum
- Tourism Stakeholder
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
- 2018 [Liberation Route Europe]
- Contact Details
- Im Kraftwerk
DE-17449 Peenemünde
Tel: +49 (0)38 371 5050
Website: www.museum-peenemuende.de
Email: htm[at]peenemuende.de
- Contact Person
- Kai HAMPEL [Liberation Route Europe]
- Main Town/Region
- Peenemünde (Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Site Town/Region
- Peenemünde (Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
- Main GPS Location
- 54.138754, 13.765630
- Site GPS Location
- 54.138754, 13.765630
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- N/D
- European Heritage Label
- N/D
- Other Heritage Labels
- N/D
- Description
- The Historical-Technical Museum of Peenemünde is dedicated to the history of the German Peenemünde Army Research Centre (Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde) and the Luftwaffe test site of “Peenemünde-West”, especially the special rockets (Vergeltungswaffen) developed at the research centre between 1936 and 1945. The Museum is located in the observation bunker and the site of the former power station in Peenemünde (Kraftwerk Peenemünde) on the island of Usedom.
The Historical-Technical Museum of Peenemünde is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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