Charged with finding or building a field headquarters site for Hitler, architect Albert Speer reworked a country palace at Ziegenberg, near Bad Nauheim in Hessen. Modern communications equipment was installed, in addition to well-appointed quarters, and various above and below-ground bunkers.
This complex was called Führerhauptquartier "Adlerhorst" (Eagles Nest). But when Hitler saw it, he considered it to be contrary to his desired appearance as a simple field...
more »Charged with finding or building a field headquarters site for Hitler, architect Albert Speer reworked a country palace at Ziegenberg, near Bad Nauheim in Hessen. Modern communications equipment was installed, in addition to well-appointed quarters, and various above and below-ground bunkers.
This complex was called Führerhauptquartier "Adlerhorst" (Eagles Nest). But when Hitler saw it, he considered it to be contrary to his desired appearance as a simple field soldier (he considered it far too lavish), so another headquarters was built in the Eifel, called "Felsennest" (Rocky Nest), and this is where Hitler directed the attack on the West in May 1940. During the Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge) in December 1944, Generalfeldmarschall von Runstedt used the Ziegenberg facility as his headquarters (Hitler used a small bunker facility about a mile north in Wiesental). The Ziegenberg complex was bombed by the Americans shortly before the end of the war. (Text from the Bundesarchiv Koblenz)
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