Mauser Berlin Borsigwalde

[8mm_mauser]

Greetings! I am currently in Berlin and I’m trying to locate the original site of the Mauser-Werke Berlin Borsigwalde plant. I seem to remember that the factory itself was either destroyed during the Battle of Berlin or destroyed by the Soviets post war. Or did I make that up?

Anyway, I’m trying to visit the sight and here is an old thread I discovered

Mauser Werk, Berlin-Borsigwalde=DWM?

Was the wartime (WW2) Mauser Werk plant at Berlin-Borsigwalde, originally the DWM plant? If so, was it the same plant building P08's and Gew98's from 1916 on? Also, where was the Ludwig Loewe plant that built Mausers located at? I understand that plant became the DWM plant, but I am assuming...

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[GEM]

I found the location while on leave in Berlin in about 1976. I learned then that it was taken over and used as a document collection center by allies for war time records. It is currently Das Landesarchive Berlin. Address is Eichborndamm 215. 13437 Berlin.

Did some digging and found a German language website that confirms that it was the location for DWM and Mauser. Also found this English site: https://landesarchiv-berlin.de/en/history

"Since July 2001, the Landesarchiv Berlin has been located in a former factory building. More than 20,000 m², the landmarked brick building from the turn of the century is part of an extensive complex built for the German Weapons and Munitions Factory (DWM) between 1906 and 1918 in the Wittenau area."

 

[GeeRam]

Address as posted by GEM above, but here's a link to Google Maps..... https://www.google.com/maps/@52.581...pitch=0&thumbfov=100!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

I believe the factory complex was pretty much untouched by bombing. The brick factory buildings look pretty much as they did in period, only the Mauser logo from atop the brick gate posts are gone.

 

[8mm_mauser]

Thank you so much gentlemen!

 

[DunRanull]

Borsigwalde 43 K98k Mauser- My Dad's bring-back is now in my collection. In good condition+ ... Has taken Michigan whitetail deer. All matching and unbuggered., with bayonet and "Prince Albert" cleaning kit. Along with a 1940 Mauser Parabellum Luger, among my prized possessions..

 

[bruce98k]

Original Mauser-Werke Berlin factory address was Eichborndamm 167-209 (from factory document dated 1944).

The DWM factory is shown at Eichborndamm 103/127 (from Arbeitsbuch with Dec. 1939 date).