The power house and water tower have been renovated.
This immense hospital complex was designed by architect Heino Schmieden and built in 1898 in the Southwest portion of Berlin near the city of Potsdam.
Originally built as a tuberculosis sanatorium this massive complex was converted into a military hospital during World War I by the German Imperial Army. As mentioned above a young Corporal Adolph Hitler was treated at this hospital in October of 1916 for a leg wound received from British shelling during the Battle of Somme.
In 1945, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, the German nation was divided in two. At this point in history the USSR took control of the facility turning it into a Soviet military hospital. Even after the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990 the Soviet Army remained in control of the hospital until 1995.
Following the Soviet withdrawal, attempts were made to privatize the complex, but they were not entirely successful. Some sections of the hospital remain in operation as a neurological rehabilitation center and as a center for research and care for victims of Parkinsons disease. The remainder of the complex, including the surgery, the psychiatric ward, and a rifle range, was abandoned in 2000.
As of 2007, none of the abandoned hospital buildings or the surrounding area were secured, giving the area the feel of a ghost town... (Source: wikipedia.org)
Our journey brings us to a place more than 400 miles away from Brussels and we traveled a very long time to get here. Arriving around 2am I step out of the car and into the cool damp night air.
I take a moment to survey our surroundings and to become acclimated with the environment. Everything around us looks abandoned, decaying, and void of life. There are no streetlights illuminating our path and the full moon is no help since we are in the middle of a down pour. This will make photographing the buildings at night impossible.
We camped in the car for the night while the water tower loomed in the background 100 yards away. I eventually drifted off to sleep planning our adventure for the next day and I couldn't wait for the new day to come.
Finally dawn approached and after a cramped night in the car I realized we stopped right in the middle of the complex the night before. The sun's rays showered the entire area with golden light and I saw for the first time how truly gigantic this facility was. My mind strained to comprehend how we would be able to navigate such a vast area (see map to the right or examine the aerial view of the site) and exactly where we should begin.
The buildings, for the most part, stand empty, but the architecture from a bygone age has passed through history still intact. Though most of the buildings are locked and appear inaccessible, it only takes a bit of creativity and ingenuity to find a way into this amazing site. This complex is a real urban explorer's paradise with various buildings and structures to examine. As you wander the long lonely halls it is hard not to imagine what has taken place in the very areas you are wandering.
We discovered a utility tunnel system linking the Power House to the rest of the complex. While exploring this concrete labyrinth of tunnels it is hard not to get excited about finding access to new areas, new environments, and completely new atmospheres.
Hi guys
I'm doing urbex for some time now and Bellitz is on my list since the very beginning, as you might understand But as I think I read in several comments here, there are other people who can't afford trouble with the police there. So I'm already planning and doing a lot of research on how to get in there in an at least half way legal way.
This service www.go2know.de/ offers tours in Beelitz. For the ones not speaking German I'll explain it shortly. On the main page, you already see this calendar with the dates and places. Watch out, they also offer tours at other places. Interesting for you are mainly the lines with "Beelitz Heilstätten". There, you can either choose "Frauenklinik" or "Männerklinik". You won't be able to do a really ispiring tour through the whole areal at once. At least for the "Frauenklinik"-tours, they seem to offer light equipment and fog machines (sorry, my English is far away from being perfect ). I am really interested in such a tour, because as a single urbexer you can hardly bring lots of lights and fog with you. The normal price for such a 5 hours tour is 40€, students etc. can get it for 30€. I think this is quite fair and the people won't get rich with this service. So you see, it's rather by people with a passion for urbexing.
I've been in contact with other urbexers interested in Beelitz for quite some time. What I heard and read, it isn't safe to go there without permission or authorized group like go2know. Things change quickly, but my last update was that there are lots of security people already hanging around on the very beginning of the abandoned areas. So if you try to get closer or even into the tunnel system (what I do not want to recommend, I can hardly imagine it being safe enough), it won't be easy. It is said that they already catch the people before entering the area and telling them that their next step will be their last one on this area and the police will transport them away. Surely, things can have changed. But as the popularity of Beelitz still increases and several accidents happened there, I doubt that the owner sent the security away.
If you could make it to such a tour, I would really recommend it as it seems to be way safer and legal. As soon as I will have made such a tour myself, I will write again and inform you, but it seems very promising.
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