In the imposing sovie or owl mountains of southern poland lies an abandoned cave city. Although the trains existence has never been proven, authorities are not passing up the chance at. I bought a book at the shop explain more of its mysteries. A subterranean tunnel system built by nazis in what is now gluszyca osowka, poland. Book your tickets online for underground town osowka, gluszyca. A polish official said friday he has seen an image made by groundpenetrating radar that seemed to prove the discovery of an armored and possibly lootfilled nazi train that has been missing in southwestern poland since world war ii. The town lies approximately kilometres 8 mi southeast of walbrzych, and 69 kilometres 43 mi south. Visit underground town osowka on your trip to gluszyca or. There are 90,000 cubic metres of excavated concrete tunnels carved into the owl mountains, with seven major access points to separate tunnel systems found at. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. A subterranean tunnel system built by nazis in what is now gluszycaosowka, poland.
Witnesses report seeing the trains being hastily loaded in wroclaw and leaving in a southwestern direction. We encourage you to book a guide in your language or rent an audioguide at the ticket office. Giant, an effort to create an underground city capable of housing 20,000 or more nazi troops and workers. Is the nazi train of gold and gems a myth after all.
If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. Adolf hitler began to build a system of long tunnels. Underground town osowka gluszyca all you need to know. Underground tunnels underground town osowka, gluszyca.
Underground town osowka gluszyca 2020 what to know. Radar detects object believed lost nazi train al jazeera. Ap advertisement comments are closed on this picture gallery. The tunnels themselves are still a work in progress and in speaking to people who saw it last year it seems like it is getting better each year. Its purpose is still a mystery even though it cost the lives of thousands of starved pows. The entrance to the tunnels built by the nazis in poland download this royalty free stock photo in seconds. The second tunnels were built as part of project riese and extended much further underground. Inside the polish tunnels that may hold the bullion claims that a longlost train carrying nazi gold is close to being found have brought excitement to a. Part of a subterranean system built by the nazis in what is today gluszyca osowka, poland picture. Local lore says a german train filled with gold, gems and armaments went missing around the city of walbrzych while it was fleeing the. Visit underground town osowka on your trip to gluszyca or poland. Nazi train loaded with gold reportedly found in poland. Adolf hitler headquarter riese owl mountains poland osowka.
We recommend booking underground town osowka tours ahead of time to secure your spot. See all 5 underground town osowka tours on tripadvisor. For travelers who use our online itinerary creator, gluszyca holidays become easier to arrange, with trips to the underground town osowka and other attractions mapped out and timetabled. Excursions in english on saturday and sunday at 12. It is best to book ahead of time and bring a printout. To think that these secret tunnels and vaults were excavatedmined by forced labour for hitlers benefit is fascinating. Tunnel number 6 is collapsed 37 m from the entrance and has not been explored yet. Visiting osowka is a good proposal for integration events for companies and for active people.
Tunnels number 2 109 m and 4 lead to a small underground level. Osowka underground town osowka, gluszyca traveller. A visitor from sydney underground town osowka, gluszyca. This photo from march 2012 shows a part of a subterranean system built by nazi germany in what is today gluszyca osowka, poland. All of the project riese tunnels remained unfinished at the end of ww2, and although the wolfsberg complex had the largest number of bored tunnels, most of these are just bare rock, with only a small amount of finished concrete, such. Another structure of unknown purpose is a concrete monolith 30.
If you are interested in ww2 pow activities then it is awesome. You will visit the underground city of gluszyca osowka complex located 15 km from walbrzych. Despite the network of tunnels being abandoned more than a decade before ian. A frenzy in poland over the latest mysterious nazi gold train the.
In polish lore, a nazi train filled with gold and weapons vanished into a mountain as the germans fled the. Underground town osowka gluszyca 2020 all you need to. Has the legendary nazi gold train been found at last. Invasion of france to the berlin bunker, london, greenhill books, 2004, blz. In the afternoon you will walk through the underground tunnels of gluszyca osowka in the owl mountains which was the part of the riese project during world war 2. Is there really a hidden nazi gold train in poland. The tunnels themselves are still a work in progress and in speaking to people who saw. The total length of known tunnels is 850 m 2,400 m 2, 7,100 m 3. Underground town osowka gluszyca 2020 alles wat u moet. Officials quietly excavated parts of the tunnel system in the 1960s, but. For passionate lovers of more challenging quests, there are available extreme routes.
Above the ground are remains of building and storage infrastructure and a narrow gauge railway. Take a tour of the underground town osowka, poland to visit historic site in gluszyca. When i look at these tunnels i think of the dying and suffering of the. The mysterious underground city osowka is a proposition of an unforgettable adventure for all kinds of participants. Still it was never used, and so its intended use is unclear. The hypothesis say that it was supposed to be a factory of secret weapons, hitlers headquarters or even nuclear laboratory. Dit ondergrondse complex is in het kader van projekt riese door naziduitsland tussen 1943 en 1945 gebouwd. An hour and a half drive from wroclaw will take you to the underground city of gluszyca osowka, the longest and the most interesting complex of the ones made available for tourists. In polish lore, a nazi train filled with gold and weapons. The nazi gold trains are legendary nazi germanera trains, laden with gold and treasures, rumored to have been buried underground toward the end of world war ii. The next stop on your tour will be the monumental ksiaz castle the biggest castle of lower silesia and the third biggest in poland. It is thought that hitler had direct access to the lower tunnels through an elevator in his quarters, and it is also thought that when project riese was completed, those tunnels would connect to the rest of the underground city. Awesome underground town osowka, gluszyca traveller. Our guide at least didnt even try to say a word to us in english, he just completely ignored us the whole tour and talked only to the polish visitors.
Though in theory this had everything to be great nazi history, secret underground tunnels, world war, bunkers, it ends up being a little bit of a disappointment since the guides only spoke polish. Men claim to find nazi train loaded with treasure in poland. Other tunnels around osowka, particularly wolfsberg were deliberately sealed, or flooded in the final weeks of the war by sd and ss personnel. Mysterious pair offer to tell poland where nazi treasure. It is the seat of the administrative district called gmina gluszyca, close to the czech border. The tunnels themselves are still a work in progress and in speaking to people who saw it last year it. Riese complex tour underground nazi factory in poland. This huge project has never been finished and nowadays few kilometers of tunnels are open for visitors. Treasure hunting duo claims nazi gold train discovery. The entrance to the tunnels built by the nazis in poland. Lurking just outside the polish village of sierpnica is a relic of world war ii nazi ambition.