A vote to save one of Berlin's most historically significant landmarks has fallen short, it has been revealed.
The famous Tempelhof airport is one of the few architectural super constructions that was realised during Hitler's Nazi reign and no doubt still serves as a significant historical attraction for
student travel tours.
While many others were never built because of a lack of funds, the 1930s airport was originally intended to be an example to the rest of the world - and is still alleged to be the world's third largest building.
However, in a bizarre role reversal Tempelhof was used in 1948 to keep Berliners stocked with food supplies by allied planes during the Soviet blockade.
The closure was opposed by 60 per cent of those who voted. Unfortunately this only reflected 21 per cent of those eligible to vote with 25 per cent needed to secure the airport's survival.
Although deemed commercially unviable by authorities opposition to the closure has been rife, with the country's chancellor Angela Merkel even voicing her opposition.
"To many people and to me personally, this airport, with the airlift, is a symbol of the city's history," she claimed.
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