Weltkriegsbomben am Potsdam
Five unexploded aerial bombs
„Weltkriegsbomben im Forst an der Michendorfer Chaussee erfolgreich entschärft“
– Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, April 2026–
Several World War Two-era unexploded munitions were found in Potsdam this week, discovered during a systematic search for unexploded ordnance in the area.
First, three unexploded bombs were found at the Wildpark West area in Potsdam, discovered last week. The first of these, a Soviet-250 kg aviation bomb was successfully defused on April 21st, and detonated two smaller, 25-kilogram bombs too. A 1,000-metre exclusion zone had been in place around the discovery site in the wooded area northwest of Zeppelinstraße (B1) since 8:30 a.m. Residential buildings and major roads were not affected by the closure. However, the RB 22 train line was affected. Approximately 200 personnel were deployed, including employees of the public order office, Bundespolizei, and Polizei also. City administration staff assisted in securing the cordoned-off area, which included the Sowjetische Friedhof area also.
These are the 213th, 214th, and 215th World War II-era bombs discovered in Potsdam since 1990.
Here we see Sprengmeister Mike Schwitzke from Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienstes des Landes Brandenburg team and Potsdam’s Baubeigeordneter, Bernd Rubelt with the 1945-Soviet dropped 250-kg dud.
Two more unexploded huge 250 kg ‘duds’ (550-pounds) were discovered in the forest near Michendorfer Chaussee at the same time. Michendorfer Chaussee itself was affected by the closure being closed to traffic, including pedestrians and cyclists, starting at 8:30 a.m. between the Brauhausberg junction and the Nesselgrund Bridge during defusing work. Both were successfully defused on April 23rd morning by members of the Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienstes des Landes Brandenburg (KMBD). In this case are two US-made AN-M64 aerial bombs 250 kg found in the woods. These are the 216th and 217th World War II-era bombs discovered here since 1990.
The security exclusion zone has been already lifted and Michendorfer Chaussee is now open to traffic again.
Estimates suggest that between 135,000 and 270,000 tons of unexploded bombs remain just in Germany.
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