Eilenburg

51°30'19"N 012°40'52"E

Runway: 07/25 - 800x38.5meters/...feet - asphalt
Runway: 10/28 - 600x40meters/...feet - grass
Runway: 17/35 - 600x40meters/...feet - grass

Air field Eilenburg (German: Flugplatz Eilenburg, also known as Fliegerhorst Eilenburg, Flugplatz Rote Jahne or Flugplatz Mörtitz) was an airfield 123 kilometers south-southwest of Berlin.
The airfield was built by the National Socialist Luftwaffe in 1936. The airfield was mainly used as a training field for Ju88 pilots. During the final months of the war it was also used as an Einsatzhafen. In late April 1945 the airfield was conquered by the U.S. Army, who handed over the airfield to the Red Army in July.


A line up of An-2 aircraft at Eilenburg (Photo J. Schmidt, via abar.de)

During the DDR era the airfield was used by the State as a training site for the State Security Ministry (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, or MfS, better known as the 'Stasi', or secret police) and the Grenzschütstruppen (East-German border police). From 1966 it was also used as a parachute training center by the MfS-Sportclub Dynamo Eilenburg, flying An-2 'Colt' double deckers. 
In 1973 it was planned to station a new Helicopter Wing 3 (Hubschraubergeschwader) 3 at the airfield. It is not known if this ever progressed beyond plans, or if the intention was only to upgrade the airfield with a concrete runway for (wartime) emergency use. The upgrade also gave the airfield a new hangar and a watchtower for sentries.
In early 1984 a former Interflug (the East-German National Airline) Il-14 transport was parked at the airfield. It was used as a training tool for anti-terrorism units.
After the reunification of Germany the airfield was used by a civilian sports parachute club and a model rocket club. The barracks were transferred to a school in 1997. 


Overview of the airfield in 2000 (Google Earth)

In 2007 a 6MW solar power array was officially opened at the former airfield. The array retains the hangar of the former airfield, which is now used to shield machines used at the solar power plant from the elements.


The former hangar, photographed in 2009 is now a part of the Rote Jahne Solar Park (Wikipedia).


Overview of the airfield in 2008, with the new photovoltaic installation clearly visible (Google Earth)


Rote Jahne in 2015 shows the solar array had roughly doubled in size (Google Earth)