Himmelsdorf (map)

Himmelsdorf is a map in World of Tanks Blitz.

## Description

Wargaming wiki description: "

Introduced in Update 2.4, this war-torn town offers an urban fighting environment while featuring railway lines, narrow city streets, and a city square located towards the middle of the map.

On this map, teamwork is the key to victory. The tactics used on this map generally depend on team compositions. Heavy tanks and tank destroyers will often fight within the city streets located near the base of the hill overlooking the city. The railway lines allow for mediums and light tanks to flank the enemy fighting within the city. Therefore, teams which are mostly comprised of heavies and tank destroyers should push through the streets. On the other hand, teams consisting of mediums and light tanks should push together through the railway lines in the hopes of flanking the more heavily-armored enemy team. With the capture zone positioned within the open city square, it is of no strategic value until the later stages of the battle."

## Notes

Himmelsdorf was added in Update 2.4, and is a modified version of the PC Himmelsdorf. Himmelsdorf means 'heavenly village' in German, pointing to the fact that Himmelsdorf is a German village. It is likely that team that spawns near the train tracks are Allied invaders, whereas the other spawners are Axis defenders. This does not change any gameplay, as this is just speculation.

Wargaming's say on Himmelsdorf: "This is why Himmelsdorf for Blitz is different from the one PC players are familiar with. The most obvious differences are the lack of the hill and some city blocks; the railway area was also reworked. For starters, we decided to give up the hill due to some technical issues. One of which being that the hill was a very secluded area, which in a mobile game can lead to a large number of draws and concentrated force issues. We reduced the number of city blocks for the sake of productivity and for creating more concentrated (less dispersed) gameplay.

In contrast, the railway area is now more populated. This part of the map will be suitable for medium tanks thanks to a big number of cover positions and route variability. While working on the railway, we faced a problem with cross-firing under the train cars. We decided to knock over the railcars as if they had been bombed.  With all the space left from the hill, we decided to broaden the so-called "banana" zone, where the road curves around the hill, and to add another playing line behind it."

The song for Himmelsdorf is one of the few songs ported over from World of Tanks, and is used for Himmelsdorf itself.

## Strategy

It is difficult for sniper tanks, as all the sniper positions are well known, and expose much of the tank. For heavily armored tanks, Himmelsdorf is heaven. The buildings block flanks, and allow for direct fire combat, great for heavily armored tanks.

## Trivia

* There are 2 'bugs' that can be done in this map. 1st, you have to use r35, then call in mauses or E 100s to help push under the cart, if you stay long under, you can either fly, or go underground.
	+ The 2nd is you have to use heavy tanks, or big tanks, there is a flipped cart in the map and you can go in the wheels in a certain angle and you can fly. A possibility you can go underground too,
	+ However those bugs were not fixed yet for unknown reasons.