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On November 16, 1953, after only 111 days of construction, the RAF (Royal Air Force) Hospital was opened.
There was an outer wide U-shaped ring of one-story buildings and an inner U-shaped ring of two-story buildings. From above it looks like 2 horseshoes intertwined. While the outer ring consisted mainly of wards and outpatient clinics, the inner ring comprised administration, support services and the kitchen area. Both were connected by several corridors that could be converted into stations in an emergency. The psychiatric wards, dining halls, boiler house, shops, staff quarters and marriage quarters were housed in separate buildings.
It was a general hospital for British military personnel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Belgium and the Netherlands. The maternity ward was designed for 1,000 births annually. Furthermore, up to 6,000 inpatients and 32,000 outpatients could be treated.
The official closure took place on April 1st, 1996. Only a small psychiatric department and some care facilities remained on the site. The final closure then took place in September 2010 and the site was handed over to the German authorities.
After being vacant for more than 12 years, the building (or what is left of it) is only a ruin, also due to several fires.
There was an outer wide U-shaped ring of one-story buildings and an inner U-shaped ring of two-story buildings. From above it looks like 2 horseshoes intertwined. While the outer ring consisted mainly of wards and outpatient clinics, the inner ring comprised administration, support services and the kitchen area. Both were connected by several corridors that could be converted into stations in an emergency. The psychiatric wards, dining halls, boiler house, shops, staff quarters and marriage quarters were housed in separate buildings.
It was a general hospital for British military personnel in North Rhine-Westphalia, Belgium and the Netherlands. The maternity ward was designed for 1,000 births annually. Furthermore, up to 6,000 inpatients and 32,000 outpatients could be treated.
The official closure took place on April 1st, 1996. Only a small psychiatric department and some care facilities remained on the site. The final closure then took place in September 2010 and the site was handed over to the German authorities.
After being vacant for more than 12 years, the building (or what is left of it) is only a ruin, also due to several fires.
