Kiel prepared for bombing: residents have to evacuate!

Kiel prepared for bombing: residents have to evacuate!

Kiel, Deutschland - On June 18, 2025, the Kiel-Dietrichsdorf will be able to do a voltage: a flying bomb weighing around 500 kilograms from World War II must be mitigated. This long -serving danger was discovered in the street “Zum Kesselort” and requires comprehensive measures to ensure the safety of residents. ndr reports that all affected residents have to leave their houses.

The list of addresses concerned is long and extends to 19 addresses in Kiel and Mönkeberg. These include several houses in the Hasselfelde and along the "Zum Kesselort". Some allotment gardens and the Wiesbaden coastal power plant are also affected by the security measures. For shipping, this means that the port of Kiel can only be used to a limited extent and that boats and ships are not allowed to absorb or leak. In addition, the use of stand-up paddle boards, rowing boats and similar water vehicles is prohibited during defusing.

emergency accommodation and service for residents

For the residents concerned, an emergency accommodation will be provided in the pog gend body from 2 p.m., supervised by the Dietrichsdorf volunteer fire brigade. If you have any questions, the fire service's service phone is available at (0431) 59050, both on Tuesday and on Wednesday. Work is also used to depart public transport: the last ferry line F1 will leave at 1 p.m., but then remains in Laboe.

To ensure the security of everyone, the Mönkeberg Förde hiking trail towards Kiel is closed during the defusing. These measures are not only precautionary measures, but part of the necessary working method of the ordnance disposal service, which is active daily against the legacies of the war. wikipedia explains that a historical exploration is a prerequisite for the removal of ordnance to identify and evaluate potential sources of danger.

a similar case in Kiel-Gaarden

A comparable situation only recently occurred in Kiel-Gaarden, where a world war bomb also had to be defused. Around 12,000 residents were affected that should leave their apartments until the end of the work. The police ensured the security of roadblocks and supported the evacuated residents, including sick people. Such missions are unfortunately not uncommon in cities such as Kiel, which were often the goal of attacks during the Second World War. The time reports about the defusing that went smoothly and lasted about 35 minutes.

The disposal of ordnance remains an important task decades after the war, which not only ensures security, but also to deal with history. It turns out that even today the remains of past conflicts remain an issue that is important to us all.