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DSC Forst „Wald”

Rail and transport

Internal railways, concrete roads and plant logistics.

~38 kmreconstructed works railway
~70 kmconcrete roads
WÜSTwagon transfer station and facilities

Context

The internal standard-gauge railway is reconstructed at roughly 38 km, while the concrete-road network is estimated at about 70 km. Transfer sidings, ramps, workshops and branch tracks connected the dispersed production areas.

Key findings

The page separates securely documented facts from reconstruction. Comparative data from other DSC plants is used only when explicitly labelled as analogy.

How to read the evidence

Direct Forst records take priority. Report 133 is direct evidence for corporate structure, while its detailed technical inventory concerns Kraiburg.

Open questions

Further archival finds may refine dates, quantities and machine identifications. Uncertain points remain visibly marked.

Sources and state of research

The presentation distinguishes direct evidence, reconstruction and analogy. Old GEOS scans are not used as decorative illustrations.

  1. Fundacja Rokita - own materials and author study „Deutsche Sprengchemie Forst - Wald”.
  2. United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Report 133, Deutsche Sprengchemie GmbH, Kraiburg, Germany, 2nd ed., 1947.
  3. GKO Resolution No. 8609 ss - translation of the record concerning dismantling of the plant near Szeino/Forst.
  4. Bundesarchiv / DDB - Deutsche Sprengchemie GmbH.
  5. State Archives in Zielona Góra (Archiwum Państwowe w Zielonej Górze) - Deutsche Sprengchemie Werk Forst.
  6. G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, expert report, 1995; Preuß et al., reconstruction of the POL plant, 1994.

Photographs and source documents

Historyczna mapa arkusza Sorau — kontekst kolei i położenia zakładu.
Source material: historical Sorau map sheet showing the railway and site context.
Element zachowanej infrastruktury technicznej kompleksu.
Source material: Element zachowanej infrastruktury technicznej kompleksu.