Prüm explosion

Quand

15 juil. 1949

Type

Explosion

Coordonnées

50.21° N, 6.41° E

Description

1949 ammunition depot explosion in West Germany

Deaths

12

Injured

15

1949 Explosion in West Germany

On 15 July 1949 an ammunition depot exploded on the hill of Kalvarienberg in the Eifel mountains, in West Germany near the border with Luxembourg. The cause of the explosion, in which the town of Prüm was heavily damaged and 12 people killed, was never discovered. The crater, which is still visible today, is one of the largest man-made explosion craters in existence.

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