Overview
- Specialist teams have removed most World War II munitions from the Groß Glienicker Heide and scheduled the remaining devices for four controlled detonations on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
- Authorities established a 1,500‑metre exclusion zone that reaches into Berlin‑Spandau and requires evacuations of about 850 residents and several facilities including community housing and the Landesamt für Umwelt.
- Officials said the operation will close Bundesstraße 2 around 9:30 a.m. and force reroutes or suspensions of local bus lines such as the 604 and 638, with traffic detours in place.
- Brandenburg’s explosive-ordnance service reported the found items include bombs, shells and grenades mostly of German origin with some Allied pieces, and they likely were moved from Gatow airfield in summer 1945.
- The clearance follows standard public-safety protocol for unexploded wartime ordnance and could prompt further local disruptions as teams finish detonations and declare the area safe.