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16-547: The towns of Nusplingen, Frohnstetten, Storzingen and Glashütte are part of Stetten am kalten Markt. The area was documented early as being in the possession of the Reichenau monastery as "Stetten am kalten Markt." Within the Heuberg Training Area there is the legendary Dreibannmarke , also called the "Bahn", a 17th-century border, which today marks the border between three different municipalities, formerly in

32-634: A stopping place for traveling merchants, wagons and craftsmen. With care it is possible to identify traces of the border. After the inauguration of the firing ranges, a meadow in Meßstetten was allocated as a camping site at the edge of the restricted area. Until 1835 merchandise was smuggled over the customs borders guarded by local hunters. Coffee smuggler Haux had been killed on 21 July 1831 in Pfaffental. On March 1, 1945, Air Force pilot second lieutenant Lothar Sieber died about 7 kilometers south of

48-562: A test pilot for Bachem, he piloted an Arado Ar 232 in highly risky sorties. Shortly before his flight, he had become engaged to Gertrud Naudit, a Luftwaffenhelfer . Sieber had held the rank of second lieutenant but was demoted to private after an alcohol-related AWOL . Posthumuously he was promoted to Oberleutnant . On 1 March 1945, at the Truppenübungsplatz Heuberg, Sieber entered the Natter Ba 349A M23 for

64-619: Is a large German Federal Armed Forces location; approximately 2,200 soldiers are stationed in the area, attached to the Heuberg troop exercise area. According to the city administration, about 1,300 people per annum are transferred to the master garrison in Stetten for military service. The troop exercise area was first set up after 1910. From 1945 to 1959 it was under the administration of the French armed forces (FFA). Even after administration of

80-585: The Heuberg Military Training Area with the Heuberg barracks , the location of the first manned rocket flight in history. Sieber was piloting a one-man rocket of the type " Bachem Ba 349 Natter". Stetten is a large German Federal Armed Forces location; approximately 2,200 soldiers are stationed in the area, attached to the Heuberg troop exercise area. According to the city administration, about 1,300 people per annum are transferred to

96-474: The cockpit canopy was seen to fly off. The Natter continued to climb at high speed at an angle of 15° from the horizontal and disappeared into the clouds. The Walter engine stalled about 15 seconds after take-off. It is estimated the Natter reached 1,500 m (4,900 ft), at which point it nose-dived and hit the ground with great force about 32 seconds later, some kilometres from the launch site. Unknown at

112-426: The customs borders guarded by local hunters. Coffee smuggler Haux had been killed on 21 July 1831 in Pfaffental. On March 1, 1945, Air Force pilot second lieutenant Lothar Sieber died about 7 kilometers south of the Heuberg Military Training Area with the Heuberg barracks , the location of the first manned rocket flight in history. Sieber was piloting a one-man rocket of the type " Bachem Ba 349 Natter". Stetten

128-562: The facility was assumed by the German Federal Armed Forces, a section was reserved for the FFA until 1997. This Sigmaringen district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lothar Sieber Lothar Sieber (7 April 1922 – 1 March 1945) was a German test pilot who was killed in the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight, in a Bachem Ba 349 "Natter". Before he became

144-421: The first manned vertical take-off of a rocket. The experienced test pilot was told to execute a half roll if the Natter should veer off course. Initially, the Natter rose vertically but, at an altitude of about 100 to 150 m (330 to 490 ft), it suddenly pitched up into an inverted curve at about 30° to the vertical. At about 500 m (1,600 ft), after the release of the solid fuel rocket boosters,

160-458: The flight, which lasted for 55 seconds and covered a horizontal distance of 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), calculated an average speed of about 800 kilometres per hour (500 mph), thus about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) were traveled in total. As an experienced test pilot had failed to control the Natter, which was intended to be operated by many inexperienced pilots as an interceptor, the SS cancelled

176-428: The fully closed position at launch. The pilot's headrest had been attached to the underside of the canopy and as the canopy flew off the pilot's head would have snapped back suddenly about 25 cm (9.8 in), hitting the solid wooden rear upper cockpit bulkhead, and either knocking Sieber unconscious or breaking his neck. At the impact site, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away, a 5-metre (16 ft) deep crater

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192-548: The project. The cause was officially explained as a failure of the canopy, which simply may have not been properly latched before launch. Sieber's remains were buried with military honors on 3 March 1945. Stetten am kalten Markt Stetten am kalten Markt (Stetten a.k.M.) is a municipality in the Sigmaringen district of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The towns of Nusplingen, Frohnstetten, Storzingen and Glashütte are part of Stetten am kalten Markt. The area

208-462: The three states of Württemberg, Baden, and Hohenzollern. The meadow at the Dreibannmarke served as a stopping place for traveling merchants, wagons and craftsmen. With care it is possible to identify traces of the border. After the inauguration of the firing ranges, a meadow in Meßstetten was allocated as a camping site at the edge of the restricted area. Until 1835 merchandise was smuggled over

224-484: The time, one of the Schmidding boosters failed to jettison and its remains were dug up at the crash site in 1998. Sieber was likely unconscious long before the crash. Erich Bachem surmised he had involuntarily pulled back on the control column under the effect of the 3 G acceleration. Examination of the canopy, which fell near the launch site, showed the tip of the latch was bent, suggesting it may not have been in

240-405: Was documented early as being in the possession of the Reichenau monastery as "Stetten am kalten Markt." Within the Heuberg Training Area there is the legendary Dreibannmarke , also called the "Bahn", a 17th-century border, which today marks the border between three different municipalities, formerly in the three states of Württemberg, Baden, and Hohenzollern. The meadow at the Dreibannmarke served as

256-515: Was found, and except for half of a left arm and half of a left leg, only small body parts were found⁠, and later a 14-centimetre (5.5 in) long part of a skull. In 1998–1999, excavations found the remains of one of the Starthilfsraketen RATO rockets at the impact site, proving that it did not release from the fuselage of the Natter. Lothar's remains are buried in a marked grave at Stetten am kalten Markt . Reconstruction of

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