page_title: Project Riese
section_title: Jedlinka Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Project Riese / Individual structures of the project / Jedlinka Palace
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Jedlina-Zdrój Jedlinka, ul. Zamkowa 8 - pałac This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 598278
context_page_description: Riese is the code name for a construction project of Nazi Germany in 1943–1945, consisting of seven underground structures located in the Owl Mountains and Książ Castle in Lower Silesia, at the time part of Germany and now located within the territory of Poland.
  None of them were finished; all are in different states of completion with only a small percentage of tunnels reinforced by concrete.
  The purpose of the project remains uncertain because of the lack of documentation. Some sources suggest that all the structures were part of the Führer Headquarters; according to others, it was a combination of headquarters and arms industry but comparison to similar facilities can indicate that only the castle was adapted as an HQ or other official residence and the tunnels in the Owl Mountains were planned as a network of underground factories.
  The construction work was done by forced labourers, prisoners of war, and prisoners of concentration camps, and many lost their lives, mostly as a result of disease and malnutrition.
context_section_description: The palace is located in the village of Jedlinka (German: Tannhausen) 50°42′44.28″N 16°21′33.52″E. In 1943, it was purchased by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People's Welfare) from the Böhm family as a result of their financial problems. At the beginning of 1944 the plans to transform it into a hospital were disrupted because the building was confiscated by military authorities and adapted as headquarters for the Industriegemeinschaft Schlesien (Silesian Industrial Company) which, until then, occupied Haus Hermannshöhe in the nearby town of Bad Charlottenbrunn (Polish: Jedlina-Zdrój). 
  An air-raid shelter was created in the cellar with armoured, gasproof doors. The corporation was responsible for construction work and supervising all companies and local businesses taking part in the project on behalf of the Main Building Commission of the Ministry of Arms. (List of companies) Most companies used forced labour.
  In April 1944, the Industriegemeinschaft Schlesien was deemed too inefficient and replaced by the Organisation Todt (OT). The Oberbauleitung Riese (OBL Riese) (Site management Riese) was established under supervision of Ministerial Director Franz Xaver Dorsch and Hans Meyer, Chief of OBL Riese and the whole area of Lower Silesia. Construction Office, located in Haus Mohaupt in the town of Wüstewaltersdorf (Polish: Walim), was supervised by senior construction managers Leo Müller and Fritz Leonhardt. In July 1944, 30,788 people worked for OBL Riese.
  In February 1945, because the front line of the war was approaching, OBL Riese evolved into headquarters of Front-OT X Brigade. The task of the new formation was the reconstruction of damaged communication systems. The palace was occupied by the OT until May 1945. Presently it is open to the public.
caption: Jedlinka Palace
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