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Escape stopovers

This is a table of escape stopovers.

It contains details about places and times.

**Escape stopovers**
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Week	Day	Details from the escape diary							Coordinates of the first mentioned place		Distance in km to the next first mentioned place
Week	Day	Day	Date	Places stopped	Places mentioned	km	De-par-ture	Arri-val	North	East	Theor.	Meas.	Diff.	km/h
1	1	So	21.01.1945	Kranthau farm - our field - Steckel's field - main road - Mohrungen - Hagenau	Horn, East Prussia, Maldeuten, Himmelforth, Bad Salzdetfurth		10:00		53° 53' 16"	20° 00' 44"	16.1	17	0.9
	2	Mo	22.01.1945	Hagenau - Löpen	Kranthau, Marienburg, West Prussia, Nogat Bridge, East Prussian border districts, Wiesenthal				53° 58'	19° 48'	14.3	16	1.7
	3	Tu	23.01.1945	Löpen - Reichenbach - Niederung - Markushof - Brodsende - Posilge - Marienburg - Bartel's court	Christburg, Stuhm	70	09:00	03:00	53° 57'	19° 35'	35.1	70	34.9	3.9
	4	We	24.01.1945	Marienburg - Nogat Bridge - Kalthof - Niederung - large Weichsel Bridge - Baldau	Löpen, Reichenbach, Marienburg in Elbing Str. 523, Brodsende, Posilge, Mohrungen, Weichsel, Kranthau		06:30	04:00	54° 02'	19° 04'	16.4	18	1.6	1.9
	5	Th	25.01.1945	Baldau - Dirschau - behind Dirschau - Elendszimmer	East Prussia			17:00	54° 03'	18° 49'	28.8	28	-0.8
	6	Fr	26.01.1945	Elendszimmer - larger farmstead - next place - at the end of the next place	Weichsel Bride		07:00
	7	Sa	27.01.1945	at the end of the next place - Danziger Höhe - Wiesenthal near Lehmberg over Praust, Danziger-Land
2	8	So	28.01.1945	Wiesenthal near Lehmberg over Praust, Danziger-Land	Schöneck, railway station				54° 08'	18° 24'	59.9	60	0.1
2 bis 4	8 bis 28	So bis Sa	28.01. bis 17.02.1945	3 weeks rest in Wiesenthal = 21 days
5	29	So	18.02.1945	Wiesenthal - Trockenhütte - Berent - Bütow			09:00
	30	Mo	19.02.1945	Bütow					54° 10'	17° 29'	17.9	20	2.1	2.9
	31	Tu	20.02.1945	Bütow - direction Zuckers - Altkolziglow - Neukolziglow			07:00	14:00	54° 10'	17° 29'	17.9	20	2.1	2.9
	32	We	21.02.1945	Neukolziglow - Zuckers - Bartin - Zieglitz			09:00		54° 14'	17° 14'	19.3	17	-2.3
	33	Th	22.02.1945	Zieglitz (coordinates of Bartin) - direction Schlave - Schlave - highway Stolp-Stettin - Göritz	Kolziglow		10:00	18:00	54° 17'	16° 57'	28.2	25	-3.2	2.9
	34	Fr	23.02.1945	Göritz - direction Köslin - Zanow - Köslin - direction Kolberg - Güldenhagen - (Güdenhagen?)			08:00		54° 18'	16° 31'	29.6	32	2.4
	35	Sa	24.02.1945	Güldenhagen - direction Kolberg - Gut Timmenhagen			04:00	09:00	54° 13'	16° 05'	16.7	17	0.3	3.4
6	36	So	25.02.1945	Gut Timmenhagen - direction Kolberg - Kolberg - Dorf Spie - Dorf Nehmer - Glansee	Kolberg Havelinger- platz 42, Dorf Schwedt	45	07:00	19:00	54° 11'	15° 50'	32.9	45	12.1	3.8
	37	Mo	26.02.1945	Glansee					54° 03'	15° 23'	15.7	16	0.3
	38	Tu	27.02.1945	Glansee - Treptow - Neu-Zapplin			08:00		54° 03'	15° 23'	15.7	16	0.3
	39	We	28.02.1945	Neu-Zapplin - direction Cammin - Stresow			09:30	17:00	54° 01'	15° 09'	18.5	19	0.5	2.5
	40	Th	01.03.1945	Stresow - Cammin - direction islands - Düssin			10:30		54° 01'	14° 52'	14.1	15	0.9
	41	Fr	02.03.1945	Düssin - Hagen, close before the bridge before Wollin - Kunow	Köslin-Schlawe, Schlawe-Köslin, Mehlsack-Zinten (East Prussia), Königsberg, Taabern near Miswalde, Kolteney				53° 55'	14° 44'	14.1	16	1.9
	42	Sa	03.03.1945	Kunow - over the bridge before vor Wollin - Dorf Pritter	Taabern, East Prussia, Mohrungen, Swinemünde	26	07:30	15:30	53° 48'	14° 39'	23.8	26	2.2	3.3
7	43	So	04.03.1945	Pritter - Swinemünde - Island Wollin - ferry Swinemünde	Mohrungen, Wollin, island Wollin, Pommern, Wartheland, West Prussia, East Prussia, Ostland, Berlin, Braunsberg, Angerapp, Dargen		05:50	24:00	53° 53'	14° 19'	3.8	8	4.2	0.4
	44	Mo	05.03.1945	ferry Swinemünde - Dargen - Usedom - Zecherin, close before the large bridge	Taabern		00:00		53° 54'	14° 16'	27.9	30	2.1
	45	Tu	06.03.1945	Zecherin - over the large Oder Bridge (lever drawbridge) - Anklam - Postlow	Arnswald		09:00		53° 51'	13° 51'	17.6	23	5.4
	46	We	07.03.1945	Postlow - Altentreptow	Anklam, Mecklenburg-Saxony		09:00		53° 50'	13° 35'	27.5	31	3.5
	47	Th	08.03.1945	Altentreptow	Altdamm				53° 41'	13° 15'	22.4	26	3.6
	48	Fr	09.03.1945	Altentreptow - Neubrandenburg - direction Neustrelitz - Groß Nemerow			08:00		53° 41'	13° 15'	22.4	26	3.6
	49	Sa	10.03.1945	Groß Nemerow - Neustrelitz - little town Wesenberg			09:00		53° 29'	13° 13'	27.7	34	6.3
8	50	So	11.03.1945	Wesenberg - Zirtow	Potsdam, Neustadt, West Prussia		09:30		53° 17'	12° 58'	4.8	5	0.2
	51	Mo	12.03.1945	Zirtow	Alt-Strelitz, Friedrich Lisztstraße 14, Potsdam, Salzdetfurth, Ziertow, 20 Bad Salzdetfurth/ Hannover, Bodenburgerstr. 8, Wesenberg, Stresow				53° 16'	12° 54'	15.2	18	2.8
	52	Tu	13.03.1945	Zirtow - Mirow - Wipperow			09:00		53° 16'	12° 54'	15.2	18	2.8
	53	We	14.03.1945	Wipperow (Vipperow)	Pr. Mark, Kudauen/ Liebstadt				53° 20'	12° 42'	7.6	11	3.4	3.7
	54	Th	15.03.1945	Mirow (?, Wipperow is probably meant) - Röbel	Löpen, Eckersdorf, Marienburg, Dannenberg, Bremen, Schöneck, West Prussia, Wiesenthal/ Danzig-Land, Gollnow, Rossitten, district Pr. Holland		09:00	12:00	53° 20'	12° 42'	7.6	11	3.4	3.7
	55	Fr	16.03.1945	Röbel - Wredenhagen	Löpen				53° 22'	12° 36'	10.8	12	1.2
	56	Sa	17.03.1945	Wredenhagen - border between Mecklenburg and Brandenburg - Wittstock, Mark Brandenburg	Löpen, Neu-Dollstädt, district Pr.-Holland, Reichau		12:30	16:30	53° 17'	12° 31'	13.2	15	1.8	3.8
9	57	So	18.03.1945	Wittstock - Heiligengrabe - Techow - before village Kemnitz			09:00		53° 10'	12° 29'	21.2	20	-1.2
	58	Mo	19.03.1945	Kemnitz - walked to Pritzwalk - Kemnitz	Bad Salzdetfurth, Marktstraße 3, Wredenhagen, Wittstock, Wittenberg, Stargard				53° 09'	12° 10'	19.3	26	6.7	3.5
	59	Tu	20.03.1945	Kemnitz - Kuhbier - Retzin - Spiegelhagen, 3 km before Perleberg	Strelitz, Zirtow	26	09:00	16:30	53° 09'	12° 10'	19.3	26	6.7	3.5
	60	We	21.03.1945	Spiegelhagen, - Perleberg - Wittenberge - very long railway bridge over the Elbe - Seehausen	Dargau, Kreis Pr. Holland	27	07:30		53° 05'	11° 54'	24.4	27	2.6
	61	Th	22.03.1945	Seehausen - direction town Arensee - Kläden	Bad Salzdetfurth	23	13:00	17:30	52° 53'	11° 45'	21.4	23	1.6	5.1
	62	Fr	23.03.1945	Kläden - air station before Salzwedel - Salzwedel - Ziethnitz		27	09:00		52° 52'	11° 26'	22.0	27	5.0
	63	Sa	24.03.1945	Ziethnitz - Püggen, district Salzwedel - village Mellin	Salzwedel, Reichau, Bad Salzdetfurth	24	09:00		52° 49'	11° 07'	20.6	24	3.4
10	64	So	25.03.1945	Mellin - Voitze - Ehra, district Gifhorn	Reichau	18	09:30		52° 39'	10° 59'	16.4	18	1.6
	65	Mo	26.03.1945	Ehra - Westerbeck before Gifhorn - Gifhorn - Ausbüttel - Rötgesbüttel	Allenstein, East Prussia, Mohrungen, Bad Salzdetfurth, Hildesheim	28	09:15	19:00	52° 34'	10° 47'	24.2	28	3.8	2.9
	66	Tu	27.03.1945	Rötgesbüttel - Meine - Rethen - Braunschweig is passed by on the left - Großschwülper - over road crossing Braunschweig-Celle - Bortfeld			09:30	16:30	52° 26'	10° 30'	18	18	0.0	2.6
	67	We	28.03.1945	Bortfeld - Vechelde - Groß Lafferde - Hoheneggelsen, district Marienburg - Garbolzum - Schellerten - Farmsen	Tilsit		08:45		52° 17'	10° 24'	25.2	26	0.8
	68	Th	29.03.1945	Farmsen - Bad Salzdetfurth	Hildesheim, Bodenburger- straße 8		09:00	13:30	52° 10'	10° 05'	12.5	14	1.5	3.1
	69	Fr	30.03.1945	Bad Salzdetfurth					52° 04'	10° 00'
1 to 10	1 to 68		21.01. to 29.03.1945	10 weeks trek							805.2	921	115.8
Week	Day	Details from the escape diary							Coordinates of the first mentioned place		Distance in km to the next first mentioned place
Week	Day	Day	Date	Places stopped	Places mentioned	km	De-par-ture	Arri-val	North	East	Theor.	Meas.	Diff.	km/h
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15

From the 21. January to the 29. March 1945, including the 29. March, are 68 days.

Out of these we have days of rest, once those in Wiesenthal, from the 28. January 1945 to 17. February 1945, including the 17. February, 21 days. To this we have to add 6 further rest days, one day of rest in Bütow, Glansee, Altentreptow, Zirtow, Wipperow and Kemnitz each. That are together 27 rest days.

Actual trekking days were therefore 68 minus 27 = 41 days.

In column 13 the total trekked distance is 921 kilometre long.

They were travelled in 41 days.

That are 22.5 km per day.

If we assume 6 hours travel per day, then we have 3.74 km per hour.

On the last day, on the 29.03.1945, departure from Farmsen was at 9 o'clock and arrival in Bad Salzdetfurth at 13:30 o'clock. That are 14 km in 4.5 hours, or 3.1 km/h.

On the 23.01.1945 in 18 hours 70 km were travelled with a sleigh. That are 3.9 km/h with a sleigh.

See column 15.

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