BAD.-WURTEMBERG

Tannenberg
Location: West of Freudenstadt (Schwarze Walt); Schwarzwaldhochstrasse, near the Alexanderschanze on the mountain Kniebis
Today:not sure
This Führer Haupt Quartier was never used as such. It could have played a part in the invasion of France, but the final plans were different. Hitler visited the Tannenberg once.

Stadthalle
Location: Neckarstaden 24
Today: still there
Hitler spoke in Heidelberg for the first time in August (6?), 1927, at the Stadthalle. There were 3500 people present. Hitler was in Heidelberg again on March 20, 1935 and on March 31, 1938. There’s a Thingstatte near Heidelberg, that he might have visited at some time. It is also said that Hitler met Philipp Eduard Anton (von) Lenard (who won the Nobel price in 1905, but became a national socialist later) in 1926 in Heidelberg.
On June 4, 1941 Hitler ordered a complete makeover of the town. Albert Speer had to build a new city West of the old city centre. These plans were never realised.

The first page of the Heidelberger Freundenblatt (2 April 1935), with Hitler on it in fornt of the Europischer Hof (left) and Hotel Europaischer Hof today (above)

Europaischer Hof (Hotel Europa Heidelberg)
Location: Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 1
Today: still there
A Heidelberg newspaper shows Hitler in front of hotel Europaischer Hof.

Westwall bunkers
Location: westwall, exact locations not sure
Today: there must be traces of bunkers, but the exact bunkers are unknown
Hitler came to the region of Ottersdorf. 25 bunkers were built in the Ottersdorfer region. Hitler visited the bunkers at May the 18th, 1939. He drove through the villages Plittersdorf, Ottersdorf and Wintersdorf.

Harmonie
Location: Allee 28; corner Allee/Moltkestrasse
Today: the old Harmonie was destroyed during the war; in 1958 a new Harmonie was build, that was enlarged between 1999 and 2001
On the day that Adolf Hitler came to speak in Heilbron (May 15, 1926) SA groups marched from the Hauptbahnhof over the Bahnhofstrasse to the city centre. At the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke a fight broke out. The bridge was full of people from different organisations and beliefs: Reichsbanner-Leute, die Freie Turnerschaft Jahn, Sozialistische Arbeiterjugend, Kommunisten, Gewerkschaftler und Liberale. Hitler was not at the bridge. He had arived the night before. He had spend the night at the Neckar Hotel, where he was able to watch the fight. The SA received a good beating, but they came back at night. About 1000 SA-men marched to the Harmonie, where only the SA-men could come in to listen to Hitler. In front of the Hall there was a protest against Hitler. After this Hitler gets a Redeverbot in Heilbronn.

Hitler driving through Lauffen
Location: location picture not sure; Hitler drove through the Stuttgarter Strasse
After Adolf Hitler visted Württemberg he came through Lauffen. The picture below shows Hitler in Lauffen.

Hotel Germania
Location: Ettlinger tor
Today: broken down
When Hitler is busy inspecting the Westwal he visits Karlsruhe on May 17, 1939. In Hotel Germania at the Ettlinger Tor he meets Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, Walter von Brauchitsch. He spends the night in his Sonderzug near Eggenstein.

Festhalle
Location: Kanzlerstrasse 13
Today: the hall, called Festhalle Durlach, is still there
On March 3, 1928 Adolf Hitler held a speech for about 3000 people in the Festhalle.

Flughafen Böblingen
Location: Northwest of Böblingen, South of the Mercedes-Benz-Werks in Sindelfingen along the Autobahn 81
Today: some buildings (including the entrance buidling) of the former airport still stand; the Americans used it after the war untill the end of the 90’s. The local government decided to built houses on the airport-grounds.
Adolf Hitler used the airport somewhere in 1932.

Adolf Hitler Kampfbahn
Location: Mercedesstrasse
Today: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, after different renovations the stadium is completely renewed
In 1933 a stadium was build For the Deutsche Turnfeste. From 1933 untill 1945 the stadium was called Adolf Hitler Kampfbahn; from 1945 untill 1949 Century Stadium or Kampfbahn; from 1949 untill 1993 Neckarstadion and from 1993 untill now Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion. At the Turnfest of 1933 (on Juli, 29) Joseph Goebbels spoke to the people present. A day after that Adolf Hitler closed the Turnfest with a speech.

Stadthalle
Location: Neckarstrasse (Werderstrasse)
Today: The Funkhaus des Südwestrundfunks (SWR; a large broadcasting company) was build on the grounds of the Stadthalle

The speech Adolf Hitler held on Februari 15, 1933 was going to be broadcasted. The Stuttgater KPD cut the broadcasting cable during the speech. The men who were responsable were arrested. A guy called Hermann Nedinger was put in prison for two years. Alfred Däuble was in prison several times. The action is known as the Stuttgarter Kabelattentat.

Left: The Stadthalle in 1929. The hall was bombed during the war. Now the buildings of the SWR broadcasting company are there
Right: Hitler in Stuttgart, most likely inside the Stadthalle

Hitler visits Stuttgart
Location: Hauptbahnhof
Today: The Hauptbahnhof is still the same
A film and foto’s show Hitler arriving in Stuttgart and driving through the city, in March 1938. He is driven from the Hauptbahnhof through the Königsstrasse to the Marktplatz (also revered to as Hauptplatz). Look at www.thirdreichruins.com for pictures.

Hitler visits Stuttgart
Location: Marktplatz (some internet sources call it Hauptplatz)
Today: The Marktplatz is completely different from the situation in 1938
When Hitler was in Stuttgart in March 1938 he was driven to the Marktplatz, probably to go to the Rathaus.

Hitler visits Stuttgart
Location: three visits with unknown locations
In April of 1926 Hitler and Goebbels were in Stuttgart. Hitler held a speech. In Febuari 1927 Hitler and Goebbels drove to Stuttgart to welcome Graf Reventlow (former member of a political party called the DVFP) to the NSDAP. In 1932, during the election campagne, Hitler also spoke in Stuttgart. In 1933 the Stuttgart College of Technology awards Hitler an honorary doctorate. Hitler refused to accept the title.

Speech at the Dinkelacker Saalbau
Location: Dinkelacker Saalbau; Tübinger Strasse 46
Today: there still is a brewery of the company Dinkelacker in the Tübinger Strasse, information about the Saalbau is not available yet
Hitler held a speech at this location twice in May of 1920, one on the 7th and one on the 26th.

Speech at the Herzog Christoph
Location: Kissingerstrasse 60
Today: the address is the address of the restaurant Herzog Christoph today, we don’t know yet if that’s the histrorical location
On September 17, 1920 Hitler held a speech at the Herzog Christoph.

Charlottenhof
Location: unknown
Hitler spoke at a place called the Charlottenhof in Stuttgart on June 14, 1925. I only found a place where once was a Charlottenhof, North-East of Stuttgart, near Oppenweiler. That location seems to far away.

Lazarett Freudenstadt
Location: unknown
Hitler was in Führerhauptquartier (FHQ) Tannenberg from June 27 untill Juli 5, 1940, just after the occupation of France. In this week he was in Freudenstadt, a city nearby the FHQ. Hitler is said to have visited the lazarett, where wounded German soldiers were treated.

Location: unknown; the Bodensee is a large lake on the border of Germany, Austria and Zwitserland. On the German side the lake has shores in Bayern and Bad-Würtemberg.
A picture shows Hitler reading in the Bodensee area. Where the picture was taken is unsure.

Kloster (monastery) Maulbronn
Location: Klosterstrasse, behing the Stuttgarter Strasse
Today: parts of the monastery are used as city hall, other buildings belonging to the monastery also have other functions now
That Hitler visited the monastery of Maulbronn is pretty sure, but we’re not sure about when he was there and what he was doing there. We found the next story, but we’re not sure if it’s true: When Hitler came to the Maulbronn Kloster in 1927 he said that he thought there must be Fresken (fresco’s) underneath the plaster inside the monastery.
In 1933 Hitler ordered the work to discover them. They found the fresco’s. Does anybody know more about this? Please send us an e-mail.

Speech Hitler
Location: unknown
Hitler spoke in Detmold in a very crowded hall. The source of this information is vague about the exact date. It could be in the year 1928, but 1932 is also possible. At the end of his speech he said: "Behaltet die Regierung, ich greife nach dem Volke. Die Tür zur Wilhelmstraße werde ich mir mit diesem Volke selbst aufstoßen."

Stones thrown at Hitler
Location: unknown
A story from the early period of the NSDAP is the one from Freiburg. When people threw stones at Hitlers car, he jumped out waving with his whip. The astonished crowd moved out of the way.