Overview

• The first edition compiles state-by-state cases and notes the tally likely understates losses because official statistics do not exist.
• Heritage oversight rests with state and local authorities, resulting in uneven monitoring and no nationwide accounting of demolitions or delistings.
• The report cites owner neglect, legal delistings used to clear the way for demolition, and cost assumptions that favor new construction; it also flags contentious sites such as the Bogensee complex.
• Examples include the Generalshotel at BER removed for aircraft parking, a 1940s hangar in Saarland lost for plans that never materialized, and 24 sites listed as lost in Bavaria in 2023–2024.
• Outcomes vary locally, with a demolition permit issued for the Alte Golfhotel Oberhof, Hannover’s “Telemoritz” sold in 2024 to avert demolition, and Ludwigshafen’s Hallenbad Nord successfully adapted for new uses.