![]() ![]() The U-995 was used by Marines in the Second World War. ![]() U-boat U-995Īcross the street, on the banks of the firth, is the U-boat. Super, amazing, wonderful… what other adjectives are there? In the end, it was only due to the heavy wind that we made our way down from the platform. The wind was blowing through our hair and clothes, the sun was out and we couldn’t get enough of the fabulous view of the Firth of Kiel. Next, we took the lift to the viewing platform on top of the Naval Memorial in Laboe (the second floor can be reached on foot). People only whisper down here out of respect for the dead. There are flowers and wreaths all over the room to honour the deceased. The circular room is quite dark and a dim light in the middle is the only light source. The available information is vast and it takes quite some time to read through it all but it is really worth it to invest that time!Ī stairway leads down into the Memorial Hall from the Historic Hall. There is a big open area next to the tower as well as the Historic Hall where we marvelled at the miniature models of different ships. In 1954 the premises became property of the German Naval Alliance (Deutscher Marinebund) and the monument was extended by a memorial for those lost at sea and for peaceful seafaring. The costs for construction were almost entirely covered by donations. The idea to erect a memorial in Laboe for the fallen imperial Marines of the First World War came up in 1925. ![]() The tower is 85 meters high and luckily I didn’t have to climb up the 341 stairs to the top with my fractured foot, there are 2 elevators that take guests to the viewing platform at the top. It is the first look one gets of the unusual building from the street that is interesting. The Naval Memorial sits on a little hill. Tickets for the U-boat are available at the entrance. It is just a short walk from the car park to the entrance of the Memorial. The car park for the Naval Memorial is very well signposted, the price for the car park is reasonable. It is a 20-minute drive to Laboe from Kiel, a bit longer or shorter depending on how heavy the traffic is. I didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to see the insides of a submarine, so we drove over. ![]() I can only confirm the experience I have already had, a place that gets under your skin and gives rise to a very depressing feeling and the hope that something like this will never happen again.Laboe with the Naval Memorial and the U-boat U-995 is located at the Firth of Kiel. The U-Boot-Ehrenmal Möltenort is looked after by the Volksbund together with the U-Boot-Ehrenmal Foundation and the U-Boot-Kameradschaft Kiel. The front facade facing the lake is flanked by two "honorary halls", which also mark the entrances to the semicircular tour with bronze plaques on which the names of the fallen are recorded. In addition, the memorial commemorates all victims of the submarine war. The soldiers who gave their lives on submarines in peace are also remembered here. The names of more than 35,000 submariners from both world wars are recorded on bronze plaques. The submarine memorial is a place of silence and remembrance, but also a reminder. On the east bank of the Kiel Fjord, on the former "Möltenorter Schanze" in Heikendorf, is the Möltenort submarine memorial, in which the losses and victims of the submarine war are commemorated. ![]()
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