06. December 2021

Aerial bomb discovered during sewer construction work on the Endenich campus Aerial bomb discovered during sewer construction work on the Endenich campus

Defusing planned in the evening

An unexploded bomb from World War II was found on Monday afternoon during sewer construction work on the Endenich campus of the University of Bonn. According to initial estimates, it is a 250-kilogram aerial bomb. The site has been cordoned off, the university security service, the city order service, the fire department and the explosive ordnance disposal service of the Düsseldorf district government are on site.

Bomb discovery in Endenich - The unexploded bomb from the Second World War was found during construction work. © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn

Download all images in original size The impression in connection with the service is free, while the image specified author is mentioned.

The city of Bonn currently assumes that evacuations will have to be carried out within a radius of 300 meters around the site of the bomb today, Monday, in order to defuse the bomb. The Autobahn 565 motorway at Endenich will probably also have to be closed, as it is only about a hundred meters away from where the bomb was found - in close proximity of the building of the Chemical Institutes.

Further information is available on the website of the Federal City of Bonn: https://www.bonn.de/pressemitteilungen/dezember-2021/kampfmittelfund-in-der-gerhard-domagk-strasse.php (in German)

Bomb discovery in Endenich - Law enforcement and security forces are on the scene to avert the danger. © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn