Flak Towers (Flakturm)

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Re: Flak Towers (Flakturm)

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no, one of the towers is actually used for it's original purpose. Air defence/command control.

the Stiftskaserne flakturm is still used by the military and you can't take pics of it :)

It is the partner tower to the L turm that I posted first, the one that has been converted to an aquarium and climbing tower. it's about 400m away from it inside a big barracks and is as far as I know a NATO/Austrian command center.

The Stiftskaserne flakturm cannot be viewed from street level but if you are lucky enough to go on the prater wheel it is quite visible on the horizon, though the augarten towers are much nearer and more dramatic :)
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Ah i see misunderstood the post then mate. :oops:
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Si (Kurt Volkmar) wrote a pretty good article on Berlin's Flaktowers for our website - might be of use in your research....

http://www.gdrecon.co.uk/flaktowerspt1.html

http://www.gdrecon.co.uk/flaktowerspt2.html
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