It goes into the Salzgitter mountain range. From there you have a wonderful view of Salzgitter. A stone still marks a dark period in history. It is the place where Hermann Göring once stood and planned Salzgitter - the pulpit.

The town and the industrial facilities were planned in 1937 as part of the four-year plan. The aim was to make National Socialist Germany independent of imports.

Salzgitter's huge iron ore deposits, estimated at around 3 billion tons, were siliceous and therefore not profitable to process. However, despite these poor conditions, the raw material was to be mined in order to make the German Reich self-sufficient.

On June 15, 1937, the Reich government founded Reichswerke AG für Erzbergbau und Eisenhütten Hermann Göring with a 90 percent stake. It was the third-largest group in the Reich. On November 7, 1937, Hermann Göring and his followers finally stood in the pulpit and planned where the ironworks named after him would be built.

In the film, local historian Reinhard Obst explains the urban development of Salzgitter and why some places are still thought of in sections today. He also talks about the location of the town west of the steelworks and about the actual founding of Salzgitter on March 31, 1942, which was formed from 28 previously independent municipalities.

If you listen carefully, you will find out when and why a second town was founded.

If you would like to visit the mysterious places in Salzgitter yourself, you can access an online map where all the secrets can be found. The previously published films can also be accessed there: