the local authorities had bestowed honorary citizenship upon hitler and re-constructed a grave of honour ("ehrengrab") for his grandmother, though to no avail. in the period up to 31 october 1941, wehrmacht troops forcibly resettled all 2000 villagers before bombing their houses as part of the training exercises. in world war ii the facility was home to the 392nd infantry division and the site of several prisoner-of-war camps including stalag xvii-c and oflag xvii-a (from june 1940) near the abandoned village of edelbach.