An artificial island and degaussing station from the times of the extinct German Democratic Republic (GDR), located in the German Baltic, went up for auction this Monday, including the building, now in ruins, that once housed the few sailors stationed there, with a starting price of 39,000 euros (US$ 46,000).
The degaussing station in Lauterbach of the Navy of the National People’s Army (NVA) (the Armed Forces of the GDR) was artificially built around 1954 on about 600 wooden piles at a depth of about 10 meters.
It has a land and water surface of about 710 square meters and a useful area of approximately 250 square meters.
In GDR times, soldiers neutralized there ships’ magnetic fields to protect them from magnetic mines.
A gigantic ceramic bell
On the platform there was a building with living quarters and a «spartan, but functional» engine room, states the corresponding document from the North German Real Estate Auctions (NGDA) joint-stock company, which adds that «the extravagant island is built on a concrete platform with formwork of iron plates and cladding of wooden planks.»
«It is in a deteriorated state due to the action of nature, bird droppings and vandalism. Cracks due to settlement. Rusted steel parts. Shattered windows. «The algae grows on the walls,» the offer states.
Precisely «due to the state of deterioration, visits are not possible,» warns the NGDA, which adds that «an energy efficiency certificate is not required.»
The former demagnetization station Ostervilm Island is located near the island of Rügen, between the Reddevitz peninsula and about three kilometers east of the island of Vilm, on the southern coast of the western Baltic, in the middle of the Greifswald lagoon, within the biosphere reserve, and is accessible only by sea.
There is also a sculpture by Gerhard Benz on the island. a ceramic bell weighing about 1.3 tons, created in 1995 for the River Art festival in Belgrade, which can also be purchased.
EFE Agency.
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