Muzeum Wyrzutni Rakiet, Rocket museum in Rąbka, Łeba, Poland
Muzeum Wyrzutni Rakiet in Rąbka occupies a former German missile testing ground from 1940, now within Słowiński National Park. Visitors see a command bunker, a launch pit, foundations of radar stations and an assembly hall, plus a viewing tower. Exhibits include rockets from World War II onward, their components, and militaria; two rooms hold displays on Łeba in old photographs and a gallery of the town's mayors.
The site was established by German forces in 1940 as a secret testing facility for experimental missiles and later served scientific research purposes. After the war, the location was repurposed and some buildings remained standing for preservation.
The museum's name comes from the launch ramp of the Rąbka test site. In the German-era bunkers, two permanent exhibitions are housed: "Łeba in Old Photographs" and a gallery of the town's mayors. Models of the Rheintochter and Rheinbote missiles tested here in 1940–1945 stand beside Polish Meteor meteorological rockets launched on the site in 1963–1973.
The museum grounds are fairly spacious with an observation tower accessible to visitors for views of the surrounding area. Guided tours are available and information panels accompany the exhibits to help explain what is on display.
No V1 or V2 ever flew here: the site tested Rheinmetall-Borsig's Rheintochter, Rheinbote and Feuerlilie, plus the SB 800 RS roller bomb. The first Rheintochter prototype left an 8.8 cm anti-aircraft mount extended by a 3.5 m launch rail in autumn 1943, fired out over the sea toward observers on Bornholm.
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