Welzow Airfield Museum / Lětanišćowy muzej Wjelcej

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Special museum with collection on the social and cultural history of the site

Building / plot situation

The building, which today houses the airfield museum, was part of the large complex of the former military property of barracks, residential buildings and "social" facilities, economic and technical buildings. The massive former workshop building was exempted from demolition and repaired.

Characteristics

The airfield museum aims to document the history of airfield use in different eras. Hundreds of exhibits, primarily from the period of World War II and the use of the airfield by the Soviet Army, illustrate the history of Welzow Airfield from 1927 as a civil airfield, from 1935 to 1945 as a training and operational airfield for the German Wehrmacht and from 1945 as a military airfield for Soviet troops. The museum thus presents the development of the airfield in eight period and theme-related rooms, including aviation technology. Four rooms are looked after by the Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft Welzow mbH with a wide variety of exhibits on the use of the airfield from 1927 to 1993. Four further rooms are the responsibility of Vermisstenforschung Deutschland e.V. (Missing Persons Research Germany), which documents in particular aviation technology from the time of the Second World War. The exhibition activities are not least aimed at the interest of the local population, whose lives were shaped over a long period by the intensive use of the airfield.

Special exhibitions / accompanying offers

Special exhibitions are not currently planned.
The conceptual approach of Flugplatzbetriebsgesellschaft Welzow mbH sees the use of the Spremberg-Welzow airfield as a combination of commercial settlement, aeronautical utilisation and regional leisure activities, which include the museum and numerous clubs, festivals and gastronomy located on the site, e.g.:
  • Airfield Festival
  • Night flight action
  •  Museum Night in the Spree-Neiße District
  • Bookable combination offers for groups (museum, celebration, sightseeing flight)
  • Cooperation with offers of the associations
  • Cycle path (link between the districts of Spree-Neiße and Oberspreewald-Lausitz)

Offers for children - With Kobi to the museum

Kobi - the little house ghost - is at home in the museum. He lives there in a slipper under the stove. At midnight, he eavesdrops on the old museum pieces when they tell stories about the past. He tells these exciting stories to the museum staff, who then pass them on to the children - stories from the old, old days.

Kobi offers:

 Welzow airfield history

Presentation of the history of the airfield from 1927 to the present, including aviation technology. Visitors can marvel at original exhibits, primarily from the time of the Second World War and the time when the airfield was used by the Soviet Army. The entire history of the airfield can be experienced in eight period and theme-related rooms.

The offer takes place indoors and is aimed at schoolchildren.
of grades 5 to 12.
Dates: by arrangement
Pre-registration: at least 1 week in advance
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Group size: 10 to 30 people
Admission per person: € 2.00

Welzow Airfield Museum

 

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Location
Welzow Airfield Museum / Lětanišćowy muzej Wjelcej
Airfield
03119 Welzow / Wjelcej

Contact
Phone: 035751 - 13833
Fax: 035751 - 20699
E - Mail: info@flugplatz-welzow.de
Website: www.flugplatz-welzow.de

Opening hours
Guided tours and museum visits are possible by appointment. However, spontaneous visitors will also find an open ear with the staff.

Admission
Adults: € 2.00
Reduced: € 1.00

Accessibility
no information

Children
To the museum with Kobi