Reichsjägerhof Rominten
The Empire Jägerhof Rominten in Romincka Forest in the northeastern East Prussia was one of two forestry large farms, which were built in the period of National Socialism. It should serve as a hunting lodge of the " kingdom of Jägermeister " Hermann Goering, was but the beginning of the Russian campaign in 1941, supplemented by the camp Robinson, whose headquarters in the east.
History
The Empire Jägerhof in Romincka Forest was completed in September 1936. Goering personally had the construction causes in September 1935 after he was two years earlier, denied emphatically in the former imperial hunting ground by the Dutch living in exile, Wilhelm II, the use of the hunting lodge Rominten. Originally, this system was to be called analogous to Goering's estate " Carin Hall " in the Schorfheide, by his second wife Emmy " Emmy Hall ", but eventually Goering decided yet for "Empire Jägerhof Rominten ". The construction area was located approximately 15 kilometers northeast of the small town Goldap, in the field of forestry office Nassawen. The construction work at the blockhouse complex began in late April 1936 and were completed in September.
(. 1938-1946: Eichkamp / Ostpr ) To access the system, specially its own small railway station in Schakummen was built for Goering.
In autumn 1944, Goering was considering the approaching Russian front, the command to destroy the complex ("Operation Bonfires "). On 20 October 1944, the buildings were set by the only remaining caretaker on fire.
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Empire Jägerhof by 1936-44
Empire Jägerhof by 1936-44
First Empire Jägerhof
→ Main article: Empire Jägerhof " Hermann Göring"
A first " Empire Jägerhof " had been a year earlier handed over to Göring, these were to operation in Riddagshausen in Braunschweig. By the will of the Nazis, this first court should serve as a model for other such facilities in every district. However, the idea could not prevail. As a result, only still arose another kingdom Jägerhof, just that in the Rominter Heath. In contrast to the complex in East Prussia, that exists in Brunswick today.