German Ghost Town detecting and exploring...

[Bavaria Mike]

Through my job on a military installation, I have just been given access to a few German ghost towns. These towns, 58 in all, were evacuated by the German Army between the early 1900s-1935 to form this training area. The Americans took it in 1945 and have used it ever since. I explored this ghost town yesterday and today, several cellar holes and a church ruin. I discovered wild boar tracks everywhere and that worried me. Well, getting back there today, I found the wild boar, LOL, a Shepard and a herd of sheep. The tracks kind of look the same. I had a good laugh over that but there really are wild boar around.
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Here are a few pictures of the town ruins. Since these towns were moved, the people took the houses with them, stone by stone and rebuilt elsewhere. They left the church shells as monuments to the towns. Some of the towns date to 800 AD. The following are three cellar holes close together. Some of the cellar holes have caved in.
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A foundation between the cellar holes. I took a site picture but it came out blurry. Was hoping someone could help me find trash pits and outhouses however, I do not think they used them much. All forms of trash and human waste went onto the manure pile and eventually made its way to the farm fields.
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Front of the church.
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Back of the church, that tree on the right is a good 5

 

[John(Tx)]

Thanks for sharing your pictures Mike, looks like you are in for some fine hunting. Becareful with those mushrooms, just make sure they are edible, I buy them at the supermarket all the time, love them sauted with butter. Good hunting. John

 

[Weasel_Loader]

I was stationed in Germany (Spangdahlem) from '92 to '00. I used to detect all the time but only came up on some church ruins once out in the middle of nowhere. It's great detecting there but almost too much shrapnel from the wars makes it tough.

I too used to run into mushroom hunters all the time out there. Good luck with your hunts.

 

[mach2]

Very nice pictures Mike, sounds like a a bit of a challenge to detect due to the conditions.

 

[mohayes1046]

Great pictures Mike! I spent a lot of time at Hohenfels and Grafenwher in '68 and '69. Is your place near them?
Mark