Centro Termal Santa Maria
THE ABANDONED SPA RESORT IN PORTUGAL This is the abandoned ‘Centro Termal Santa Maria’, a Portuguese spa resort built near a hot spring. It was one of the oldest spa resorts in Portugal. The institute...
View ArticleBayart-Vanoutryve Mouscron
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN BELGIUM Bayart-Vanoutryve Mouscron is an abandoned textile factory. Vanoutryve was one of the most important textile factories in the region. The Belgian company produced...
View ArticlePreußisches Amtsgerichtsgefängnis
THE ABANDONED PRISON IN GERMANY In 1899, the construction of a new ‘Preußisches Amtsgerichtsgefängnis’ began in Berlin-Köpenick. It was the new district court. A four-story prison wing is attached to...
View ArticleAudytorium Wydziału Chemii
THE ABANDONED SCHOOL IN POLAND This is the auditorium of the Faculty of Chemistry in Wroclaw. The ‘Audytorium Wydziału Chemii’ was built in post-war Poland. It’s a real pearl of the modernist...
View ArticleKammgarnspinnerei Meerane
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN GERMANY ‘Kammgarnspinnerei Meerane’ is a former worsted spinning mill. It was built in 1882 and production continued until 1990. Eventually the site was demolished in 2020. In...
View ArticlePatent-Papierfabrik Hohenofen
THE ABANDONED PAPER PLANT IN GERMANY ‘Patent-Papierfabrik Hohenofen’ is an old paper plant in the German village Hohenofen. It was built in 1838 and stopped production after the German reunification....
View ArticleCentrale Cockerill
THE ABANDONED POWER PLANT IN BELGIUM ‘Centrale Cockerill’ is a power station in the industrial region of the Belgium city Liège. From here energy was distributed to the big factories of the Cockerill...
View ArticleMétallurgique d’Espérance-Longdoz Chertal
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN BELGIUM This steel factory ‘Société Anonyme Métallurgique d’Espérance-Longdoz’ in Chertal was built in 1963. The factory produced more than 3,5 million tons of steel per year....
View ArticlePresswerk Wilhelmsthal
THE ABANDONED FACTORY IN GERMANY ‘Presswerk Wilhelmsthal’ is part of the ‘Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke’ or ‘VDM’. The factory had several mechanical and hydraulic metal presses. Most of the...
View ArticleKapittelzaal Sint-Jansbergklooster
THE ABANDONED MONASTERY IN BELGIUM This is the Kapittelzaal or Chapter House of the Sint-Jansbergklooster in Zelem. The monastery was built on a holy mountain in Belgium. The historic complex is...
View ArticleBrotfabrik und Lager Militärhandel
THE ABANDONED BAKERY IN GERMANY This is the ‘Brotfabrik’, an old abandoned military bakery in the German state Brandenburg. It was built for the German army, after the Second World War. It was later...
View ArticleNeues Lager
THE ABANDONED MILITARY SITE IN GERMANY This military site ‘Neues Lager’ was built in 1889. The first use was to house the builders for the expansion of the shooting range in Jüterbog. Eventually it...
View ArticleGaststube Brückenschenke
THE ABANDONED HOTEL IN GERMANY The Gaststube Brückenschenke in Mittelsachsen is a hotel, restaurant and theater. The plastered building with hipped roof is of architectural significance. Unfortunately...
View ArticleAtelier Central de Réparation
THE ABANDONED TRAIN WORKSHOP IN BELGIUM This is the abandoned Atelier Central de Réparation, a trainworkshop in Belgium. The NMBS had four central workshops, where trainsets are maintained, repaired...
View ArticleAmtsgerichtsgefängnis Oederan
THE ABANDONED PRISON IN GERMANY The ‘Amtsgerichtsgefängnis Oederan’ was inaugurated in autumn 1911. It served as a prison until 1960, in 1965 it became the property of the city of Oederan. It was used...
View ArticleKościół Święta Heleny
THE ABANDONED CHURCH IN POLAND The ‘Kościół Święta Heleny’ or ‘Church of Saint Helena’ is a historic Catholic church located in the abandoned Polish ghost village Wróblin Głogowski. Wróblin was...
View ArticleDeutsche Tonwaren Fabrik
THE ABANDONED POTTERY IN GERMANY This is the ‘Deutsche Tonwaren Fabrik‘ an abandoned pottery in Germany. The factory was built in 1909 and closed almost 90 years later in 1996. The factory is in a bad...
View ArticleFerndampfwerk Gustav Avellis
THE ABANDONED POWER STATION IN GERMANY ‘Ferndampfwerk Gustav Avellis’ is an abandoned heating plant in Forst. The factory generated thermal energy in the form of steam. It was built in 1922 by the...
View ArticleHoeve Boterberg
THE ABANDONED FARM IN BELGIUM This abandoned farm ‘Hoeve Boterberg’ is also know as ‘Farm Tapioca’ in the urbex scene. I found this old house with animal sheds in a small village near Brussel,...
View ArticleGasthof Gärtitz
THE ABANDONED THEATER IN GERMANY This the abandoned ‘Gasthof Gärtitz’. The more than 100 years old Inn was demolished in 2021. Around 1900 this Inn was built in the small German village Gärtitz, near...
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