Government bunker
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The Government Bunker (Regierungsbunker) in Germany, officially named Ausweichsitz der Verfassungsorgane des Bundes im Krisen- und Verteidigungsfall zur Wahrung von deren Funktionstüchtigkeit (AdVB), in English: "Emergency Seat of the Federal Constitutional Organs for the State of Crisis or State of Defence to Maintain their Ability to Function" was a massive underground complex built during the Cold War era to house the German government, parliament and enough federal personnel needed to keep the government working in the event of war or severe crisis. Located only about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Bonn, Germany, in the Ahr Valley between the towns of Ahrweiler and Dernau, it was one of the best kept secrets of West Germany. It was built between 1960 and 1972 inside two abandoned railway tunnels that were built as part of the Strategic Railway, maintained and kept in a working condition for about 30 years and decommissioned in 1997. A small part of the once-secret site is now open to the public as Government Bunker Documentation Site, while the vast majority is abandoned and sealed.

- Subterranea page@ issue 1
- Subterranea Britannica page@
Location: 50.5411, 7.0811, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Government bunker ⓘ
massive underground complex built during the cold war, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany -

Hochbunker Beuel ⓘ
bunker in Beuel, Bonn, Germany -

Hochbunker Dottendorf ⓘ
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Windeckbunker ⓘ
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Hochbunker Poppelsdorf ⓘ
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Hochbunker Vilich-Müldorf ⓘ
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Kakus cave ⓘ
cave -

Nibelungengrotte ⓘ
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Basaltsteinbruch Hühnerberg ⓘ
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Bendisberg mine ⓘ
architectural structure -

Caspar quarry ⓘ
Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen -

Domsteinbruch am Hohenberg ⓘ
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Ettringer Lay ⓘ
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In den Dellen quarries ⓘ
Niedermendig, Mendig -

Ofenkaulen ⓘ
mine in Germany -

Römersteinbruch bei Andernach ⓘ
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Rothenberg basalt quarry ⓘ
former hill, quarry quite consumed it: Bell, Mendig -

Ammerichtunnel ⓘ
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Gedenkstätte Silberbergtunnel ⓘ
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Grube Arnold-Erbstollen ⓘ
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Rottbitzetunnel ⓘ
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Saffenburger Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in Germany -

Silberbergtunnel ⓘ
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Trotzenbergtunnel ⓘ
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Bad Godesberger Tunnel ⓘ
architectural structure -

Aegidienberg Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel -

Ittenbach Tunnel ⓘ
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Siegauentunnel ⓘ
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Fernthaltunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel -

Günterscheid Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Subterranea page@ | issue 1 | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Subterranea Britannica page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | bunker | Government bunker | underground infrastructure system, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Hochbunker Beuel | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Hochbunker Dottendorf | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Windeckbunker | hochbunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1941 | Hochbunker Poppelsdorf | hochbunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1942 | Hochbunker Vilich-Müldorf | hochbunker | Wikidata |
| site | cave | Kakus cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Nibelungengrotte | grotto | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Basaltsteinbruch Hühnerberg | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Bendisberg mine | show mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Caspar quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Domsteinbruch am Hohenberg | Bodendenkmal, stone quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Ettringer Lay | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | In den Dellen quarries | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Ofenkaulen | U-Verlagerung, mine, quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Römersteinbruch bei Andernach | stone quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Rothenberg basalt quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Ammerichtunnel | railway tunnel, DB Netz | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Gedenkstätte Silberbergtunnel | memorial, tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Grube Arnold-Erbstollen | main adit level | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Rottbitzetunnel | railway tunnel, DB Netz | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Saffenburger Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Silberbergtunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Trotzenbergtunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Bad Godesberger Tunnel | road tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 1999 | Aegidienberg Tunnel | DB Netz, railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2000 | Ittenbach Tunnel | DB Netz, railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2000 | Siegauentunnel | railway tunnel, DB Netz | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2001 | Fernthaltunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | 2001 | Günterscheid Tunnel | railway tunnel, DB Netz | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Regierungsbunkermodell1a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunker 2008a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunker01a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunkermodell1b | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunkermodell1a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunkermodell1b | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunker 2008a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Regierungsbunker01a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ahrtalbahn01a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ahrtalbahn01a | Commons | ||




