Reich Infrastructure Register
All designated command headquarters, security installations, fuel depots, stockpiles, air districts, naval bases and civil works of the Reich.
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OKW Headquarters — Bendlerblock
Central staff building of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces on the Landwehrkanal. Houses the Armed Forces Operations Staff (WFSt), the OKW Signals Office and the Abwehr central register.
Führer Headquarters „Wolfsschanze"
Forward Führer Headquarters in the Görlitz Forest near Rastenburg. Three security zones, hardened bunkers, dedicated airstrip and Reichsbahn spur. Housing OKW forward staff for the Eastern theatre.
OKH Headquarters — Maybach I, Zossen
Twelve camouflaged office bunkers of the Army High Command; adjacent to the Zeppelin signals bunker of the Wehrmacht communications network.
OKM Headquarters — Tirpitzufer
Naval War Staff (Seekriegsleitung) and central directorates of the Kriegsmarine.
OKL Headquarters — Wildpark-Werder
Command bunker complex of the Luftwaffe General Staff; adjacent Reichsluftfahrtministerium branch offices and central signals hub „Robinson".
RSHA — Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8
Seat of the Reich Main Security Office. Formerly the Hotel Prinz-Albrecht; houses the office of the Chief of the Security Police and SD, together with Amt I (Personnel) and central card index.
Gestapo Central Office (Amt IV) — Prinz-Albrecht-Straße
Central directorate of the Secret State Police, including the interrogation cellars („Hausgefängnis") and Amt IV registry.
SD Central Office — Wilhelmstraße 102
Domestic (Amt III) and foreign (Amt VI) branches of the Security Service of the Reichsführer-SS.
Reichsführung-SS — Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 9
Personal chancery of the Reichsführer-SS and the SS-Adjutantur.
Luftgau I — Königsberg
Eastern-most air district; forward flak and airfield services supporting Luftflotte 1 operations against Leningrad.
OKW Fuel Depot — Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
Underground and bunded storage for 420,000 t of aviation and diesel fuel; served by rail spurs and pipeline to Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.
Farge Fuel Depot — Weser Estuary
Deep-shaft naval fuel bunkers with U-boat pipeline connection; capacity 330,000 t heavy fuel oil.
Eastern Fuel Depot — Płock
Forward depot on the Vistula for supply of Army Group Centre; 180,000 t petrol, benzol and diesel; rail head, pipeline spur to Warsaw.
Central Munitions Stockpile — Magdeburg
Principal ordnance depot of the Army; small-arms ammunition, artillery propellant, engineer stores.
Zeppelin Signals Bunker — Zossen
Central strategic signals bunker of the Wehrmacht; teleprinter, cypher and long-distance radio node linking OKW, OKH and forward field headquarters.
Army Research Station — Peenemünde
Joint Army/Luftwaffe long-range weapons establishment; A-4 rocket development, wind tunnels, liquid-oxygen plant.
Naval Arsenal — Wilhelmshaven
Principal North Sea base of the Kriegsmarine; dockyards, munitions bunkers, U-boat pens under construction.
U-Boat Base — Lorient (Kernével)
Forward Atlantic U-boat base with hardened bunkers Keroman I–III under construction; BdU tactical headquarters at Villa Kernével.
Reich Motorway — Berlin/Warsaw Extension
Extension of the Reichsautobahn network eastwards from Berlin toward Warsaw, executed by Organisation Todt.
Reichsbahn — Eastern Broad-Gauge Conversion
Conversion of captured Soviet broad-gauge track to standard gauge for the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Reichsbahn Marshalling Yard — Brest-Litovsk
Central regauging and transloading yard on the Bug; capacity 42 trains per day for supply of Army Group Centre.
Naval Port of Kiel — Expansion
Expansion of naval and civilian cargo capacity at the port of Kiel.
Reichswerke Hermann Göring — Salzgitter Complex
Integrated steel and munitions works of the Reichswerke.
Reich Aviation Ministry — Wilhelmstraße 97
Largest office building in Europe. Combined seat of the Reich Aviation Ministry and the OKL secretariat.
Ordnungspolizei Main Office — Werderscher Markt
Central directorate of the uniformed Order Police under the Chief of the German Police.
SS Main Economic and Administrative Office — Lichterfelde
Consolidated administrative barracks and offices for SS economic services; construction of the future WVHA compound.
Luftgau III — Berlin/Brandenburg
Territorial air command for the Reich capital region; ground services, flak, signals and airfield administration.
Luftgau VI — Münster
Air district for the Rhine-Ruhr; concentration of night-fighter and flak assets defending industry.
Luftgau VII — Munich
Air district covering Bavaria and the Alps; training airfields and Alpine flak zones.
Luftgau XI — Hamburg
Air district for North Germany; coastal early warning chain and naval-air coordination with Marinegruppe Nord.
Ordnance Proving & Storage — Hillersleben
Proof range and reserve storage for heavy artillery ammunition and railway guns.
Kummersdorf Weapons Research Range
Historic Army proving ground; departments for tanks (Wa Prüf 6), rockets (Wa Prüf 11) and artillery (Wa Prüf 4).
Reich Strategic Grain Reserve — Silo Ring
Twelve regional silo complexes totalling 1.4 million tons of grain reserves for civilian ration and Wehrmacht supply.
Leibstandarte Barracks — Lichterfelde
Home garrison of the Leibstandarte; parade square, armoury and motor pool.
Atlantic Wall — Early Works
Initial fortification programme along the Atlantic coast; first coastal batteries (Lindemann, Todt, Großer Kurfürst) laid down.
Luftwaffe Airfield Complex — Norway (Bardufoss Group)
Six operational airfields supporting Luftflotte 5.
Volkswagen Plant — Wolfsburg
Motor vehicle plant converted to military production.
West Wall — Reinforcement Programme
Reinforcement of the fortifications along the Reich's western frontier.