Archive for the ‘Demolition/Disappearing’ Category
Gun part stolen in Museumscenter Hanstholm
Help the Museumscenter Hanstholm find this stolen piece of a German 10.5 cm S.K.C/32. Earlier in August it was stolen. Earlier this month a part of one the 10,5 cm S.K.C/32 in our outdoor display at Museumscenter Hanstholm was stolen. It is somewhat large gearbox of iron with a brass disc on it – see photos. On […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: "World war two", collector, denmark, Flak, gun, hanstholm, stolen
Alarming messages from Denmark
Ok, the story appeared on an engineers website but still it’s an alarming message. Without mentioning any historical value of the bunkers, Poul Erik Faurholm of CMP Demolition A/S makes a cold calculation on how the bunkers could be demolished. The only question is: “Who’s going to pay for this all”. I hope Danish government officials have […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Denmark, News · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunkers, demolition, denmark, economy, heritage, history, monumenten, monuments, value
The sound of a bunker
What does a bunker sound like when it’s being demolished? At Péristyle near Lorient Kriegsmarine shelters are being demolished to make place for a new residential area.
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bretagne, bunker, demolished, demolishing, france, frankrijk, kriegsmarine, lorient, naval, navy, péristyle, sloop
Demolishing in Wilhelmshaven
Two big airraid shelters in Wilhelmshaven will be demolished to make a place for a giant factory hall. Works will probably start as soon as April. The two Kriegsmarine Truppenmannschaftsbunker 750 built in 1943 stand along the Hannoverschen Straße. Similar bunkers can be found in all German harbours, but they’re getting rare. So drive to […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Germany, News · Tagged with: 750, abriss, blockhaus, bunker, concrete, danger, demolish, fort, sloop, t-750, t750, wilhelmshaven
Part of a German casemate found in Scheveningen
During construction works on the sea wall in Scheveningen, a part of an anti-tank gun casemate type 625 has been found. It’s been partially demolished just after the war. It still shows some of its impressive camouflage painting. A part will be further demolished while the rest will be covered under the new dike. More […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Holland, News · Tagged with: 625, bunker, den haag, found, gevonden, kazemat, ontdekking, pak, regelbau, scheveningen, stützpunktgruppe, vondst
Save the tower of Saint-Marc, send this letter
The city of Saint-Nazaire is known for its ignorance towards World War 2 heritage, destroying many unique bunkers and truncate the U-Boot bunker. But all of this would be peanuts compared to the plans to destroy the Marineflak headquarters at Saint-Marc. The bunker, a huge and very rare Fl 250, consists of a big bunker […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 250, aa, anti-aircraft, atlantic, atlantikwall, atlantique, beton, blockhaus, bunker, concrete, dca, demolition, disappearing, Flak, heritage, kriegsmarine, marine, monument, mur, muur, naval, possible, saint-marc, saint-nazaire, st-marc, st-nazaire, tour, tourists, tower, wall
Stop the looting of Bt Karola
Looting bunkers of the Atlantikwall by so-called collectors has been the case since the eighties of the last century. However since less and less complete bunkers are present the rate of looting speeds up. This is especially the case with the heavy Marine Batterie Karola on Île de Ré. Alain Durrieu, writer of several books about the Atlantikwall, now […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 20.3, ars, batterie, battery, bunker, charente-maritime, cm, fire control bunker, france, frankreich, frankrijk, Île de Ré, karola, kriegsmarine, Leitstand, looting, mkb, msb, pillage, pilleurs, plundering, regelbau, robbery, rochelle, s497, stealing, toren, turm, vendée
Should France preserve the wall
A nice article on the BBC site asks the question: Should France preserve the remnants of the Atlantikwall. Interesting reading with some known French bunkerarcheologist names. It’s nice to read the positive comments on the article, but then again, it’s Great Britain where it seems there’s more care about heritage than in other parts of Europe. […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: arcachon, atlantic, atlantikwall, bbc, france, preservation, wall
Bunker type 634 found in Hoek van Holland
Finally some nice news from Hoek van Holland, at least for the moment. An interesting bunker type 634 for Sechsschartenturm was found at Wn 33H near the Oranjesluis in the Landfront. The bunker’s armoured turret was scrapped just after the war and a part of the roof was demolished. The new dike was built over the […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Holland, News · Tagged with: 207, 634, festung, hoek, holland, maasdijk, nederland, netherlands, oranjesluis, pays-bas, pettendijk, sechsschartenturm, van
Demolition news from northern France
Some unfortunate news from Nord-Pas de Calais. In Dunkerque, a bunker was demolished to make place for new housing. At the Batterie Waldam with its famous concrete gun turret, the loose barrel of the flare gun which was still there seems to have been cut to pieces and disappeared. According to this post on the french […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: abriss, afbraak, atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, bunkers, calais, demolition, duinkerken, dunkerque, dunkirk, france, frankreich, frankrijk, nord, pas-de-calais, pillbox, sloop, waldam