A World War II bomb will be defused in the Stuttgart-Degerloch district on Sunday, March 29. Prior to this, around 1,000 people in the Hoffeld district will have to evacuate a safety zone within a radius of around 600 meters.
The Baden-Württemberg Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (KMBD) at the Stuttgart Regional Council discovered the unexploded bomb during a sounding in the Hospitalwald forest, which is owned by the state. The unexploded bomb is a British explosive device from the Second World War weighing around 250 kilograms.
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Source: Stuttgart Regional Council
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