Ammunition blast in Marwitz: residents have to evacuate on July 23!

Ammunition blast in Marwitz: residents have to evacuate on July 23!

In the tranquil community of Oberkrämer, more precisely in the district of Marwitz, the residents face an upcoming challenge: on July 23, 2025, a controlled ammunition blast will take place. Like the portal Maz-online.de reports, it is a tank defense weapon from World War II. A similar blast occurred on July 2, where everything went smoothly. The residents have to prepare for the fact that they should have left their apartments by 9 a.m.

In the affected area, a safety radius of around 100 meters around the site is set up, which includes 43 residential plots and some commercial companies in the town center. The senior official Dirk Eger from the construction and regulatory office assumes that the response to the accommodation provided will be low in the Marwitz fire station, since he does not expect many evacuated. This offer is available to people who have to leave their houses temporarily, but after prior coordination.

How does the explosion work?

As with the last explosion, the ordnance disposal service will carry out the measures. The road users have to prepare on the day of the jump that the state road L17 will be closed for about 20 to 30 minutes shortly before the blast. The actual explosion is scheduled for Wednesday morning, and pupils could possibly be brought home by OVG buses, since the certificate is also issued on that day. The security concept also provides that the evacuation must be completed at 10.20 a.m. and the blocking circuit will be lifted again at 10.30 a.m. if everything goes according to plan. The explosive campaign itself is expected to take about three hours, with the last explosion only 1.5 hours.

The idea behind the controlled explosions is to clean up with the remaining from the Second World War and to ensure the safety of the population. These remains, as described in wiwa-kampfmittelbergung.de , a danger to the life and health of the residents and must therefore be systematically eliminated.

a bit of history

The area around Oberkrämer has a long history in terms of world war ammunition. This region, which is located near Berlin, was once a elevator area of the Red Army. Mayor Wolfgang Geppert emphasized the importance of such measures to ensure the security of the citizens. During the last ammunition blast, a "armored fright" was found, which was not transportable and therefore had to be covered in place. The ordnance disposal service recommended the evacuation of the endangered area to avoid unwanted detonations.