/tags/firing-range/ Recent content in Firing Range on Grainy Mære Hugo en Fri, 24 May 2024 10:46:00 +0200 /firing_range_katharinenholz/ Fri, 24 May 2024 10:46:00 +0200 /firing_range_katharinenholz/ <figure><a href="/img/katharinenholz20242.webp"><img src="/dith/katharinenholz20242_dithered.png"></a> </figure> <p class="intro" data-letter="I">I finally managed to wander through Potsdam’s Katharinenholz to visit the still impressive old firing range. It’s a fascinating place as it is one of the last visible remnants of the now mostly vanished military history of Potsdam’s north, around Bornstedt. The ramparts and massive bullet trap walls are silent witnesses to the changes in military technology: from flintlock rifles to the Luger pistol to modern machine guns.</p> <p>The first firing ranges were laid out as early as 1810 for the recently formed Garde-Regiment. As the military base in Bornstedt expanded over the years, more and more recruits received their shooting training there. By around 1900, there were eight firing ranges, each 300 or 600 meters in length.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p>