List of Nazi construction

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The following is a list of construction completed or planned by the Nazi Party from the party's formation in 1920 until the end of World War II in 1945.

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Buildings and architecture

ConstructionImageLocationBuilt/RenovatedDestroyed
Berghof Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1999-0412-502, Obersalzberg, Berghof von Adolf Hitler.jpg Obersalzberg 1935/61966
Berlin Tempelhof Airport Terminal Building Berlin 1936-1966
Brown House (Braunes Haus) Bundesarchiv Bild 102-17059, Munchen, Braunes Haus.jpg Munich (45 Brienner Straße)19311945
Carinhall 19331945
Central Ministry of Bavaria (Zentralministerium des Landes Bayern) Munchen Bayerisches Staatsministerium fur Landwirtschaft 001.JPG Munich 1940
Congress Hall Kongresshalle Reichsparteitagsgelaende Detail.jpg Nazi party rally grounds, Nuremberg 1935
Deutsches Stadion Stadionmodell-Oberklausen1.jpg Nuremberg 1937 (never completed)
Ehrentempel Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S22310, Munchen, Konigsplatz, Ehrentempel.jpg Munich (Königsplatz)19351947
Erlangen District Court (Amtsgericht Erlangen) Erlangen Amtsgericht 002.JPG Erlangen 1941
Flak towers (Flakturm) Wien - Flakturm Augarten (1).JPG Berlin (3), Hamburg (2), and Vienna (3), Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
Fränkischer Hof
Friedrich-Rückert School Friedrich-Ruckert-Schule Erlangen Marz 2012 07.JPG Erlangen 1936
Führerbau Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen-7617.jpg Munich1937
Führerbunker Bundesarchiv Bild 183-V04744, Berlin, Garten der zerstorte Reichskanzlei.jpg Berlin1944
Gaubunker
Gauhaus
German Air Ministry Building Berlin, Mitte, Wilhelmstrasse, Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus.jpg 1936
Hall of Models
Haus der Kunst Haus der Kunst (Munchen).jpg Munich1937
Hitler Youth Clubhouse or Hitler-Jugend Heim
Jena Brücke
Lorient U-boat base Bundesarchiv Bild 101II-MW-3936-06A, Frankreich, Lorient, U-Bootbunker im Bau.jpg Lorient, France 1941
Kehlsteinhaus (Eagles Nest) Erelio lizdas.jpg Obersalzberg 1938
Lower Silesian Governor's Office Lower Silesian Voivodeship Office aerial view 2017.jpg Breslau 1939-1945
Luftgaukommando Dresden Dresden Luftgaukommando 001.JPG Dresden
Luftgaukommando Munich Prinzregentenstr28 Muenchen-01.JPG Munich 1937-1938
Maria-Theresien-Kaserne Maria-Theresienkaserne 2.JPG Vienna, Austria 1940
Nazi War Memorials
Nazi party rally grounds Reichsparteitagsgelaende Zeppelinfeld Tribuene 68.JPG Nuremberg 1928-1939 [1]
NSDAP Administration Building (Verwaltungsbau der NSDAP) Meiserstrasse 10.jpg Munich 1934-1935
Olympiastadion Stade Olympique Berlin Ext.JPG Berlin 1936
Ordensburg Krössinsee Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2007-0123, Ordensburg Krossinsee.jpg Złocieniec, Poland 1941
Ordensburg Sonthofen Deutschland-Sonthofen-Ordensburg.jpg Sonthofen 1934
Ordensburg Vogelsang Vogtuha.jpg Eifel National Park 1935
Prora ProraSeeseite.jpg Rügen 1936-1939
New Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) Bundesarchiv Bild 183-K1216-501, Berlin, Neue Reichskanzlei, Marmorgalerie.jpg Voßstraße, Berlin19391945
Reichszeugmeisterei building Munchen - ehem. McGraw-Kaserne - Polizeirevier.jpg Munich 1937
Riese Lower Silesia, Poland 1943–45
Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrucken Staatstheater.jpg
Soldatenhalle
Schwerbelastungskörper Berlin belastungskoerper.jpg Berlin 1941/42
Thingstätte or ThingplatzVarious1933-1939
Volkshalle Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1986-029-02, "Germania", Modell "Grosse Halle".jpg Berlin Never built
Vorbunker Berlin1936
Weingut I Mühldorfer Hart, Upper Bavaria 1944
Winkeltürme
Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) Adolf Hitler's Bunker in Wolfsschanze.JPG Rastenburg, Prussia, (now Kętrzyn, Poland)1941Partially demolished 1945
Zeppelin Field (Zeppelinfeld) and Tribune Zeppelin Field 1937.jpg Nazi party rally grounds, Nuremberg
Halle der Partei und Grabmal Hitlers (the projected of the Mausoleum for Adolf Hitler) Munich Never built

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References

  1. Museen. "Building the Nazi Party Rally Grounds | Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds". museums.nuernberg.de. Retrieved 2024-05-25.