Schwerbelastungskörper

heavy load body

From 1941, 12,000 tons of concrete in a 15-m-high and 20-m-diameter cylinder were built to test the load-bearing capacity of the Berlin soils (turns out glacial sands are no good basis for gargantuan architecture) for Albert Speer's Germania buildings. Too massive for later blasting, this is one of the more bizarre remains of the Third Reich.

• free

Address

General-Pape-Str/Loewenhardtdamm

Hours

Tue-Wed 14:00-18:00; Thu 10:00-18:00; Sun 13:00-16:00. Closed Nov-Mar and Good Fri

Price

free entry

Website

schwerbelastungskoerper.de (opens in a new tab)