Surviving Nazi Eagles

Documentary note: This index catalogues surviving, altered, and trace remains of Nazi-era architectural eagle emblems. It excludes ordinary imperial eagles, modern graffiti, and sites where no physical trace remains today.

Alzey – Finanzamt (Tax Office)

🇩🇪 Rhineland-Palatinate Intact

A Reichsadler continues to grace the entrance of the local financial administration building.

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Augsburg – Landratsamt (District Office)

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Monumental stone Reichsadler above the entrance; swastika chiseled out and protected by mesh.

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Augsburg – Reinöhlstrasse Relief

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Large architectural eagle sculpture on a former industrial building, recently repainted.

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Augsburg – Theodor Wiedemann Strasse 35

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Facade relief depicting an eagle directing its gaze towards France alongside other military motifs.

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Bad Reichenhall – Hochstaufen Barracks

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Altered

Former Wehrmacht barracks; the swastika was replaced by an edelweiss symbol.

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Berchtesgaden – Railway Station

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Facade preserves an iron eagle motif and a swastika-removed wreath above a private door.

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Berchtesgaden – Jägerkaserne

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Altered

The eagle remains above the entrance; its swastika has been replaced with an edelweiss.

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Berchtesgaden – Railway Tunnel (1940)

🇩🇪 Bavaria Trace Only

The Nazi eagle has been removed from the tunnel's stone inscription.

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Berchtesgaden (Stanggaß) – Kleine Reichskanzlei

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Reichsadler relief survives on the facade of the administrative branch.

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Berlin – Amtsgericht Wedding

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

A prominent Reichsadler remains on the front façade of the district court building.

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Berlin – Olympic Bell (Maifeld)

🇩🇪 Berlin Swastika Defaced

Survivor of the fire; features an eagle and a half-heartedly smashed swastika.

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Berlin – House of German Sports

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

In addition to column-top eagles, a Nazi-era eagle relief remains on a nearby stone pillar.

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Berlin – Reichspostministerium

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

Fritz Kölle's 1937 eight-metre wide 'Adler' remains on the facade on Leipziger Straße.

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Berlin – Zehlendorf Adler Apotheke

🇩🇪 Berlin Swastika Removed

1936 terracotta relief; the swastika was chiseled out, leaving a blank depression.

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Berlin – Reichpost TV Studios

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

A dated Nazi eagle remains above the entrance of the world's first regular TV studio.

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Berlin – Siemens Ehrenmal

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

Joseph Wackerle's 1935 Reichsadler remains in situ at the memorial site.

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Berlin – Post Office (Lichterfelde)

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

Surviving Nazi eagle at the post office on Hindenburgdamm.

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Berlin – State Labour Department

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

1940 building; the eagle remains "unmolested," overlooking the capital.

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Berlin – Post Office (Knesebeckstraße)

🇩🇪 Berlin Intact

A Reichsadler survives above the doorway of the post office at number 95.

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Berlin – Finanzamt Charlottenburg

🇩🇪 Berlin Swastika Obscured

Designed by Kurt Schmid-Ehmen; the swastika is currently covered by the building address.

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Berlin – Tempelhof Airport

🇩🇪 Berlin Swastika Removed

Surviving eagles shorn of swastikas remain on the building; a "decapitated" Reichsadler sits in the square.

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Bochum – Boltestraße Shelter

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Swastika Removed

Nazi eagle dated 1941-1942 above the entrance, denuded of its swastika.

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Bremen – Allianz-Haus

🇩🇪 Bremen Intact

A Nazi eagle remains visible on the façade of Allianz-Haus at Sögestraße 59.

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Cologne – Rodenkirchen Bridge

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Intact

Reichsadler relief found on the infrastructure of the southern Cologne motorway bridge.

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Darmstadt – Psychologiegebäude (TH)

🇩🇪 Hesse Swastika Removed

Nazi eagle on the façade; the swastika has been smoothed away.

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Dresden – Hospital Friedrichstadt

🇩🇪 Saxony Intact

The Nazi Reichsadler dominating the entrance of the palais-based hospital.

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Düsseldorf – Police Headquarters

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Swastika Obscured

Nazi eagle above the Jürgensplatz entrance; now covered by a plaque.

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Erlangen – Primary School Doorway

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

A surviving Nazi eagle above the door, albeit with the swastika missing.

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Erwitte – Horst-Wessel-Halle

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Intact

Nazi eagle sculpture by Willy Meller remains in situ at the former Reichsschulungsburg.

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Flensburg – Naval Academy Mürwik

🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein Intact

The Nazi eagle is allowed to remain over the portal, unchanged apart from flags.

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Freiburg – University Campus

🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Trace Only

The Reichsadler has been scrubbed away completely from the entrance corner.

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Freising – Adler Apotheke

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

The Nazi-era eagle giving its name to the pharmacy dates from 1937.

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Freising – Vimy Kaserne Base

🇩🇪 Bavaria Trace Only

The eagle was removed in 1945; only the round base with roughly chiseled swastika marks remains.

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Artillerie Kaserne

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Nazi eagle remains in situ at the former "Krafft-von-Dellmensingen-Kaserne".

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Hammelburg – Military Barracks

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Nazi eagle remains clearly visible on the façade of the historic Adolf Hitler military barracks.

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Heidelberg – Großdeutschlandkaserne

🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Swastika Removed

Two Nazi eagles still perch above the gate on the main road, with excised swastikas.

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Heilbronn – Rosenberg Bridge

🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Intact

A Nazi eagle with the date 1938-1939 remains on the bridge structure.

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Herrsching – Reichsfinanzschule

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Described as the largest remaining Nazi eagle in Germany, located on the Feierhalle facade.

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Kiel – U-boat Memorial (Möltenort)

🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein Swastika Altered

The Reichsadler sits atop a 15.3m pillar; swastika replaced by a nondescript device.

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Lohr am Main – Forstverwaltung

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

A Nazi eagle remains in situ above the door of this 1937 forestry building.

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London – Imperial War Museum

🇬🇧 United Kingdom Relocated

Bronze Nazi Party eagle by Schmid-Ehmen, originally loomed over a Reich Chancellery doorway.

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Mülheim – Kolpinghaus

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Intact

A Nazi eagle continues to adorn the building that served as local party headquarters.

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Munich – Luftgaukommando VII Entrance

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Main entrance flanked by two stone eagles by Wackerle (1938); swastikas chiseled out.

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Munich – Luftgaukommando VII Portal

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Monumetal predatory Reichsadler sculpture above the vehicular entrance; swastika excised.

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Munich – Nationalmuseum Wing

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Preserved Reichsadler relief on the Bestelmeyer side entrance with swastika removed.

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Munich – Schellingstraße 50

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

The Reichsadler remains above the door of the former Nazi Party offices (1925-1931).

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Munich – Schellingstraße Coat of Arms

🇩🇪 Bavaria Trace Only

Legacy of the 1936 coat of arms; the eagle and swastika were excised post-war.

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Munich – Bavarian State Tax Office

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Large imperial eagle remains on the façade of Sophienstraße 6, swastika chiseled out.

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Munich – Deutsches Museum

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

The Nazi-era eagle and arms of Munich remain on the façade below the astronomical clock.

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Münster – Shopping Centre

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Intact

A Nazi eagle actually commandeered to decorate a local shopping facility.

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Murnau am Staffelsee – Railway Bridge

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Rare surviving intact 1935 Nazi Reichsadler relief on German Reichsbahn infrastructure.

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Nuremberg – Transformatorenstation

🇩🇪 Bavaria Trace Only

Faint ghost outline of the Nazi eagle on this Albert Speer building, now a Burger King.

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Nuremberg – Reichsbahndirektion

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

The Nazi eagle still adorns the main administrative building for the railway.

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Offenbach – Luftschutzbunker Eagle

🇩🇪 Hesse Swastika Removed

1941 Reichsadler by Ernst Unger above the entrance, protecting a mother and child.

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Pelzerhaken – Baltic Lighthouse

🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein Intact

The Nazi eagle installation has remained since its establishment on the lighthouse in 1936.

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Rothenburg – Main Hall Door

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Surviving Nazi eagle above the door to the main hall of the former district leadership building.

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Schweinfurt – former HJ School

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

The entrance of the former Hitlerjugend school still has its Nazi eagle above the door.

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Schweinfurt – Willy-Sachs-Stadion

🇩🇪 Bavaria Intact

Nazi eagle sculpture remains intact on the stonework arch of the stadium entrance.

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Straubing – Pumping Station Bastion

🇩🇪 Bavaria Swastika Removed

Seven-tonne limestone Reichsadler carved in 1941; re-erected in 1954 with the swastika excised.

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Ulm – Office Building Doorway

🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Swastika Removed

A Reichsadler still remains above the doorway of an office building.

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Villingen – Burenhaus (former Party HQ)

🇩🇪 Baden-Württemberg Intact

The 'Fuhrer balcony' created by the Nazis remains, with the eagle still present in the grill.

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Vogelsang – Eagle Courtyard

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia Intact

Willy Meller's 'Adler' sculpture remains partially damaged but preserved at the former Ordensburg.

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Worms – Worms Cathedral

🇩🇪 Rhineland Intact

A surviving iron Sea Level benchmark featuring the Nazi eagle remains affixed to the exterior.

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