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Kummersdorf is the name of an estate near Luckenwalde
Luckenwalde

Luckenwalde is a town in the district of Teltow-Fl?ming in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Its cloth and wool factories were once among the most extensive in Germany....
 at , around 25km south of Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, in the Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
 region of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Until 1945 Kummersdorf hosted the weapon office of the German Army
German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
 which ran a development centre for future weapons as well as an artillery range.

An Army research group established in Kummersdorf in 1932 under the direction of Walter Dornberger
Walter Dornberger

Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger was a Germany artillery Officer whose career spanned World Wars World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Germany's V2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenem?nde Army Research Center....
 developed the liquid propellant rockets type A1, A2 and A3 there.






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Kummersdorf is the name of an estate near Luckenwalde
Luckenwalde

Luckenwalde is a town in the district of Teltow-Fl?ming in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Its cloth and wool factories were once among the most extensive in Germany....
 at , around 25km south of Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, in the Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
 region of Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Until 1945 Kummersdorf hosted the weapon office of the German Army
German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
 which ran a development centre for future weapons as well as an artillery range.

An Army research group established in Kummersdorf in 1932 under the direction of Walter Dornberger
Walter Dornberger

Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger was a Germany artillery Officer whose career spanned World Wars World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Germany's V2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenem?nde Army Research Center....
 developed the liquid propellant rockets type A1, A2 and A3 there. On 16 July 1934, Dr. Kurt Wahmke and 2 assistants were killed and another assistant injured during a fuel test of a premixed hydrogen peroxide/alcohol propellant when the fuel tank exploded.

The facility was too limited for advanced motor and flight testing, so in 1936-1937 the group (now also supported by the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe

is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1933 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
) moved to a site at Peenemünde
Peenemünde

Peenem?nde is a village in the northeast of the Germany part of the Usedom island. It stands near the mouth of the Peene river, on the easternmost part of the German Baltic Sea coast....
 on the island of Usedom
Usedom

Usedom is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the Oder river in Pomerania....
 on the Baltic
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
 coast which offered much greater space and secrecy. After 1938 Kummersdorf was used for nuclear research.

See also

  • Walter Dornberger
    Walter Dornberger

    Major-General Dr Walter Robert Dornberger was a Germany artillery Officer whose career spanned World Wars World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Germany's V2 rocket program and other projects at the Peenem?nde Army Research Center....
  • Peenemünde
    Peenemünde

    Peenem?nde is a village in the northeast of the Germany part of the Usedom island. It stands near the mouth of the Peene river, on the easternmost part of the German Baltic Sea coast....
  • Usedom
    Usedom

    Usedom is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the Oder river in Pomerania....
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