Huge evacuation in Cologne-Deutz: World War II bombs have to be defused!

Huge evacuation in Cologne-Deutz: World War II bombs have to be defused!

Köln-Deutz, Deutschland - in Cologne-Deutz is a large evacuation campaign on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The reason is the defusing of three World War II bombs found in the region. The city of Cologne has already pointed out in advance that the measure will not only have significant effects for the direct environment, but also results in far -reaching disabilities for local public transport and infrastructure. As reported [lindweiler.de] (https://www.lindweiler.de/wichte-s-darte-bomben-in-koeln-dez-Strassen- und-Anlaufstellen-Groesste-vaklung-in-koeln/), two American 20-century bomb in the danger area are to be defused.

The evacuation affects an area with a radius of 1,000 meters and comprises around 20,000 reported persons. The first roadblocks will be set up from 8 a.m. Several main roads are affected: among other things, the Severinsbrücke and the Deutzer Brücke, as well as the Basist transport paths on the Rhine, various KVB lines and train traffic to the main train station. The closures significantly impair public transport. The KVB lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 17 and bus lines such as 106, 132, 133, 171 and 196 are also affected, as the city of Cologne announced in a report on stadt-koeln.de has.

evacuation measures and contact points

Two contact points have been set up for those living: The exhibition hall 10.1 will serve as a refuge from the right bank of the Rhine, while the Humboldtstrasse vocational college is open to those from the Linkrheinian area. Evening traffic for those affected begins from 8 a.m. The customer centers of downtown I and II as well as several cultural institutions remain on the evacuation radius on June 4th, including the Lanxess Arena and the Philharmonie.

The action is not the first of this kind in recent months. Already on March 14, 2025, an American five-center bomb in Cologne-Gremberghoven had to be defused. There, too, a danger area of ​​300 meters had to be locked up, and around 85 people were affected by the evacuation. This shows how present and serious the topic of ordnance removal is still today, as the [Wikipedia] (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/kampf remedy) summarizes. This includes the removal of all kinds of fighting and is considered one of the important steps to secure public security.

The aspects of ordnance disposal

The ordnance removal can look back on a long history. After the Second World War, the elimination of such things was initially a task of the Allied occupation powers. Today it lies in the hands of the federal states and the respective ordnance clearance services. In Germany there are special units for civilian and military ordnance disposal. As international practice shows, the disposal of ordnance is carried out on various continents under similar signs, abbreviated often EOD (explosive order disposal).

On June 4, 2025, the Cologneers have no choice but to show patience and accept the temporary inconvenience, while experts take care of the dangerous legacies of the war.