Devil’s Mountain

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Devil’s Mountain is an artificial hill in Berlin, Germany, built from World War II rubble and known for hosting a former U.S. listening station during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Teufelsberg
artificial hill
geographical feature
rubble hill
abandonedAsListeningStation early 1990s
constructionPeriod post-World War II
constructionStartTime 1950s
continent Europe
country Germany NERFINISHED
currentUse street art location
tourist attraction
urban exploration site
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 120 metres
elevationAboveSurroundings about 80 metres
formedFrom rubble from bombed buildings in Berlin
war debris
hasFacility listening station complex
radome towers
hasGermanName Teufelsberg NERFINISHED
hasHeritageStatus protected structure (listening station buildings) in Berlin planning law
hasNameEtymology named after nearby Teufelssee and Teufelsfenn area
hasRecreationalActivity cycling
hiking
sledding in winter
hasTourismActivity guided tours of former listening station
knownFor being built from World War II rubble
former U.S. listening station
panoramic views over Berlin
locatedIn Berlin NERFINISHED
Germany
Grunewald forest NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Berlin borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf NERFINISHED
militaryHistory site of major Cold War signals intelligence operations
nearbyFeature Olympiastadion Berlin NERFINISHED
Teufelssee (Devil’s Lake) NERFINISHED
occupant U.S. military NERFINISHED
United States National Security Agency NERFINISHED
origin World War II rubble
partOf Berlin’s post-war landscape
transportConnection reachable from Heerstraße in Berlin
usedDuring Cold War
usedFor U.S. listening station
signals intelligence

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Teufelsberg toponymMeaning Devil’s Mountain