Comments on: Jüterbog

By: Schalker

Schalker — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:19:32 +0000

I went there today. It is pretty easy to get into the ground when you access from the South. Alternatively, there are a couple of spots where you can easily climb over the wall. You will not find a lot of the things which are shown in the photo collection above anymore since the sites are either destroyed or taken by nature. But it is still worth a trip.

IMPORTANT: I did not find the famous Lenin reliefs which are outside the fenced area. Does anyone know if they are still there? An indication where I can find them is much appreciated.

By: Devon

Devon — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:56:25 +0000

I went to Forst Zinna last week and it was amazing. There are tons of buildings to see. I entered through the back way/forest rather than the front road, and it was pretty easy but I did have to make my way across a small river. I was worried about running into guards, and did not, but I had a very weird experience.. About 20 min in, a helicopter began flying overhead. At first I thought nothing of it, because why on earth would anyone send a helicopter for one random photographer. But they continued circling in tighter and tighter over the abandoned buildings, and eventually hovered directly over one of them, so low I thought they might be about to land. They continued to circle and hover directly over the abandoned buildings. I got the hell out of there just in case, and I highly doubt this would be a regular occurrence. I still think they must have been doing training or something, rather than coming for trespassers. But if anyone else has this experience, I would be curious to know.

By: eoin

eoin — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:28:38 +0000

we visited last week. It was easy enough to get in to Neues Lager (down the laneway of the same name) and we had the place to ourselves for 2 hours. It was great having the freedom and time to look in any building we wanted as they all seemed to be open. Afterwards we headed to Altes Lager and got in down the laneway beside the fire station. Most buildings here were boarded up, we just managed to get in to 1 easily. However after 20 minutes we ran in to security who politely asked us to leave the way we came in, which we did. A fun afternoon’s exploring!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:17:37 +0000

Was there recently – and got caught near the old hospital by ToSa Security. The surprisingly nice guys led me to the gate and…. nothing happened at all. But watch out: Everything is boarded up, there are regular patrols and they told me about video surveillance in some places (that’s why they spotted me).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 May 2021 12:34:03 +0000

Went a few weeks ago – all the buildings I tried were easy to get into and no police or patrol or anything. I guess it depends which day you go. Good luck!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 20:32:20 +0000

Went recently to the Fliegerschule to photographe a Lenin mural (https://leninisstillaround.com/2020/10/29/mural-on-lenins-decree-on-land/) and saw the patrol car driving around the complex. I think they are controlling a lot in Jüterbog lately. But if you're careful, it should be posible to avoid problems.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 18:37:23 +0000

we´ve been to both jüterbog and fort zinna yesterday. In the first place they closed the most of the buildings ( luckily the main building´s door with the soviet soldier´s graffiti was open ) but after 40min we got kicked out. in fort zinna is easy to get in and there are a lot of buildings to see but we got kicked out also from there after 30 min.

By: Beyond Beaten Tracks

Beyond Beaten Tracks — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 18:54:49 +0000

I visited Forst Zinna on a Sunday of September 2020.
I was there from 10am to 3pm; at 3pm, a security guard patrolled the site with a white car, asking the explorers to go out. So… beware, this abandoned place is not so abandoned.
However, in 5 hours, I saw so many things, in a place which is a fantastic “soviet time capsule”.

By: Smallersen

Smallersen — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:43:39 +0000

Hi,
on the Jüterbog-page the 3rd image from top shows a small watertower or similar. Does somebody have the coordiantes of this spot? I´ve bees around Jüterbog several times but missed this spot. Where is it? Still there?

By: kranichar

kranichar — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:07:23 +0000

Last Saturday we’ve been to Altes Lager and everything was as explained. No guards to be seen anywhere. Highly recommended place. Thank you for your very interesting and informative page. Best wishes from Berlin!