BREGUET's CRASH FILE CHALLENGE Nr.404

[Varese2002]

I read through the 'windy' story of Seddin, very interesting and certainly little known. I clipped a small text, as the focus of the article is mainly on LTA.

Zu den Luftschiffhäfen, die von der Marine während des Weltkrieges 1914/ 18 für ihre Kriegsluftschiffe längs der Nord- und Ostseeküste gebaut wurden, gehörte auch der Hafen Seddin bei Stolp; er wurde mit einem Kostenaufwand von rund 10 Millionen Mark in den Jahren 1915/ 16 fertiggestellt und umfaßte eine große und eine kleine Luftschiffhalle, eine Flugzeughalle, eine vollständige Wasserstoffgas- Erzeugungsanstalt, ferner Funk- Telegraphie- Gebäude, Bombenkeller, Werkstätten, Lagerräume, unterirdisches Benzinlager, Anschlußgleise, Wohnkolonie und alles, was sonst noch dazu gehört.

Although a short mention, there was a special hall built for aircraft. Later on it is told that in 1919 / 1920 an airlift was done from Seddin to the rest of Germany by old German biplanes which were 'left alone by the Armistice Commission'. So not a major airfield, but certainly an airfield.



In this map of German dirigible bases Seddin is shown as quite near to the coast.

Sure we have a hard time finding Seddin on the map, after reading this

Luftschiffhafen Seddin, named after a tiny place in Landkreis Stolp in Pomerania, was a base for Schütte-Lanz airships during World War I. The large hangar survived until 1989 when it burned down.

This is a map of Landkreis Stolp circa 1905 (all German language names of places).



Cheers

Kees

[Varese2002]

I received some new information about Seddin from my Polish friend Maciej, this is his text and two maps.

Thanks Varese 2002 I got the information on this theme.
To my mind the correct name of Seddin is Jezierzyce Słupskie.

Quote about Seddin:
Nördlich der Stadt Stolp, in Seddin, wurden 195/1916 zwei große Luftschiffhallen des Militärluftschiffhafens fertig gestellt. Stolp selbst hatte einen zivilien Flugstützpunkt gebaut, der im Juni 1917 fertiggestellt und am 2 August 1918 von der Fliegertruppe übernommen worden war. Diese aber begann 1916 mit dem Bau einer Flieger-Beobachterschule nebst Flugplatz. Das Areal erstreckte sich über 100 ha….
Nach dem Krieg blieb der Flugplatz vorerst im Besitz der Heeresverwaltung und wurde von der Reichswehr genutzt…

In Słupsk /Stolp/ existed two airfields. First are mentioned Jezierzyce Słupskie /Seddin/ which was found in the Northern borough. Second are called Stolp -West established in 1925 first especially for the civilian air- communication then take by Luftwaffe.

By the way. Today near by Seddin in Poland has to come into being famous US "National missile defense, (NMD)” .

Cheers
Maciek

Stolp-West




As (one of the) dirigible hangars survived miraculously till 1989, when it burnt down, there is a high chance that somewhere in Polish (picture) atchives are pictures of this giant structure.

Cheers

Kees

[Lodzermensch]

Hello Kees,

One more piece of the puzzle.

Jezierzyce Słupskie formerly Jeseritz is not exactly the same place as Seddin although very close. I think this is it. Precise location of Jeseritz is 54° 30' N and 17° 07' E. Here is a map. Luftschiffhallen had to be somewhere in the area.




Here is a quite good picture of two Luftschiffhallen in Seddin, one of which was dismantled.





Greetings

Marek