On the site of a former Hanau barracks is a world war II bomb harmless. As the city announced on Thursday, it was a 250-kilogram explosive device was discovered on Wednesday on the Grounds of the Pioneer barracks. All traffic routes – roads and Railways – are now passable again.

the location is surrounded by a safety area of 500 meters was established. Residents had to leave their homes. Around 1000 people were affected. It were inhabitants of a refugee accommodation, as well as the first residents of the new residential quarter that is being built on the site of the former American military property.