White Sulphur Springs (West Virginia)

Greenbrier County

54-86812

The small town of White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County West Virginia, USA.

Location

White Sulphur Springs is located in the southeast of West Virginia. There is an Amtrak station of the same name on the Cardinal route.

History

The hot springs justified its function as a seaside resort for the summer months in the first half of the 19th century ( " Queen of the Watering Places" ).

For the history of golf, the place is important because the family Montague 1884, there Oakhurst Links with the oldest golf club in the United States.

In World War II German diplomats were there at the hotel Greenbrier temporarily interned quite comfortable ( December 1941 - may 1942).

In the years 1958-1961 was constructed as part of the expansion of the hotel (known as the West Virginia Wing ) immediately adjacent to the luxury hotel, a government bunker under the strictest secrecy.

Literature, Web Links

• Michael S. Cullen: Martial idyll. How the U.S. 1941, the German Embassy and the German, the U.S. Embassy took hostage. A bizarre episode of the German - American diplomatic history. In: Time 28/2008 S. 84 of 3 July 2008
• Tourist tour of the nuclear bunker from Greenbrier (English )
• Geschichtsspuren.de (formerly lostplaces.de ) Description of the plant with pictures