The WORLD'S FIRST rest stop Rodaborn with fence sales
The world's first Reichsautobahn Food station
Opened: 01.08.1928
May 1, 2010
behind a locked fence, start of fence sales
From 2013
Court hearing on the lawn
The HIstory
Date | Historical event |
01.08.1928 | Opened as a forest recreation center, later with an excursion restaurant |
20.12.1936 | Opened as the first Reich autobahn rest stop, and thus the first in the world, for a bus stop between Berlin and Munich. |
Around 1943 | Used as a refugee and children's evacuation center |
Subsequently | Temporary use for refugees and resettlers |
June 6-8, 1947 | Only German Minister Presidents' Conference |
Apr 1980 | Severe weather, 24-hour emergency supply of food and drink |
until 1986 | Run by various "HO"-cooperatives |
from 1986 | Run by "MITROPA" as a transit rest stop |
1989 | Demonstration calling for it to be opened to all citizens |
1999-2004 | Operated by "MITROPA" AG |
July 1, 2004 | Closure as a rest stop |
2009 | Sale with written promise of access to the parking lot |
May 1, 2010 | Opening of the kiosk, behind a locked fence |
2011-2013 | Start of fence sales |
From 2016 | Fence sales prohibited |
This brief excerpt from the chronicle does not reflect the complete, eventful history of this rest stop. The developments following the sale of the site after 2009 are particularly macabre. Currently, emergency vehicles can only reach the east and west rest stops via the highway. There is also no escape route from the parking lots for users, as there are no emergency doors in the fences.
Only locked maintenance doors!
May 3, 2016 • Court hearing on the lawn
GALLERY - THE WORLD'S FIRST REICHSAUTOBAHN SERVICE- and Food-STATION
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