Bilker Bunker, Schleuse Zwei

Air-raid shelter no. 25 – the Bilk bunker on the corner of Aachener Straße and Karolingerstraße was built under this name in 1942. The architect Carl Krieger (1875-1957) was responsible for the planning.

In 1995, the grey bunker in Bilk was given a colourful makeover at the request of the local population: within six weeks, it was painted by an international group of artists under the direction of Klaus Klinger (Farbfieber e.V.). The “Time Travellers” mural symbolises the fragile coexistence of different cultures in a shared world.

In 2016, the project developer KÜSSDENFROSCH took over the bunker and developed a multi-layered art and culture concept. The redesign of the bunker was implemented by Bilker Bunker gGmbH with the creativity, courage and ideas of committed neighbours and the citizens’ initiative “Bilk Pro Bunker”.