Cologne stands still: greatest evacuation since the war for bomb finds!

Cologne stands still: greatest evacuation since the war for bomb finds!

Köln, Deutschland - in Cologne on June 6, 2025 there was a mammoth -like evacuation that brought the city to the brink of its capacities. Over 20,000 people had to leave their apartments after three duds from the Second World War had been discovered in the area of ​​the Deutz shipyard. According to ksta.de this was the greatest evacuation since the end of the Second World War.

at 7:19 p.m. the bombs were successfully defused, after more than eleven hours in which emergency services and helpers worked tirelessly. First, the first course of the bell for evacuation took place at 8 a.m. The regulatory office then set up a security area with a radius of 1,000 meters around the finds. This affected not only the residents, but also numerous permanent institutions, such as the Eduardus hospital, two old people's homes and 58 hotels in the city.

organizational challenges

The body of a mysterious resistance to evacuation occurred when a person refused to leave the old town. The release for defusing was only granted at 6:18 p.m. after the person could be found and spent from the danger area. In the entire evacuation, there were impressive 240 forces from the Cologne regulatory office and 24 helpers from Bonn, supported by 400 police officers and 451 firefighters, including volunteers from aid organizations.

The city administration launched citizen phone numbers to assist the residents. Tagesschau.de Documented that 282 people who were not self-employed were brought from the affected area during the evacuation. Doctors and helpers were ready to coordinate the health needs of the evacuated

further measures

The evacuation also has far -reaching effects on Cologne traffic. The transport companies reported significant restrictions throughout the city, and several streets and trams were closed. Above all, the Hohenzollern, Deutzer and Severinsbrücke were affected, which in fact led to a traffic chaos in the city. The n-tv.de difficult.

The organizers were, however, well prepared: Evacuated were supplied in special contact points such as the exhibition hall 10.1 and the Humboldtstrasse vocational college and were offered medical care. Fortunately, the overall evacuation was well organized, which is not least thanks to the commitment of the emergency services. Cologne city director Andrea Blome thanked publicly for the support of the citizens and the excellent performance of everyone involved during this great challenge.

The challenge is far from mastered. Kai Kulschewski, the head of the evacuation team, pointed out that many duds could still be removed in the city. Cologne was bombed over 260 times in the Second World War, and many of these undiscovered ammunitions are a danger to this time. Kulschewski announced that the disposal of ordnance in Cologne will continue for a long time, since the defusing of World War II bombs is a recurring problem in the region.

The relocation of the affected citizens to their apartments began at 8 p.m. and in many cases was closed shortly after 11 p.m. to take some patients back to the hospital - an action that lasted until shortly before midnight. Now the Cologne residents have to wait patiently for the last contaminated sites from the war and the city can return to normal operation.