NÜRNBERG GERMANY

DUTZENDEICH PHOTOS

Photos of Zepplin Field in Nürnberg close to Merrell Barracks.

(SOURCE: WIKIPIDA)

The grounds included:

• the Luitpoldarena, a deployment area
• the Luitpold Hall or “Old Congress Hall” (damaged during World War II, later demolished)
• the Kongresshalle (Congress Hall) or Neue Kongresshalle (New Congress Hall) (unfinished)
• the Zeppelinfeld (Zeppelin Field), another deployment area
• the Märzfeld (March Field) (unfinished, later demolished), a deployment area for the Wehrmacht (army)
• the Deutsche Stadion (German stadium) (only foundations were built), which was to be the largest sports stadium in the world
• the former Stadion der Hitlerjugend (“stadium of the Hitler Youth”, today Frankenstadion)
• the Große Straße (“Great Road”), a (never-used) parade road

A “Haus der Kultur” (House of Culture) and a representative entrance portal towards the “Great Road” were planned at the northwestern end of the “Great Road”, near the (new) Congress Hall.

Only Zeppelinfeld, Luitpoldarena and Große Straße were finished. The Kongresshalle, Zeppelinfeld and the Große Straße have been under monument protection since 1973 as significant examples of NS architecture.