Archive for the ‘Holland’ Category
How bunkers can be preserved
The city of The Hague shows how you can preserve a bunker: incorporate it into urban design. One of the three pre-war Dutch bunkers (which were part of the Atlantikwall during the war), was moved to the Army Engineers museum in Vught two years ago. Another was found but buried beneath the new boulevard. It’s […]
In: Holland, News · Tagged with: 1939, behoud, historie, kazemat, kustverdediging, mobilisatie, preservation, s3k, scheveningen, stadsontwikkeling, tweede wereldoorlog, urban planning
Landfront Vlissingen and bunkers in IJmuiden now protected by law
Great news for several bunker complexes in the Netherlands. Both the Landfront of the Verteidigungsbereich Vlissingen (except for the anti-tank wall in the east) and the batteries of Olmen and Heerenduin in the dunes of IJmuiden are classified as national heritage. It took over 10 years to come to this conclusion, but the persistance paid off. […]
In: Holland, News · Tagged with: architectuur, atlantic wall, atlantikwall, bunkers, cultural, cultuur, erfgoed, heerenduin, landfront, monumenten, olmen, rijksdienst, vlissingen
Open Monumentendag the Netherlands
This weekend is heritage weekend in the Netherlands. A lot of usually closed bunkers are open to the public. Here’s a small list of possible visits. September 8 In the province of Zeeland one can visit several bunkers of Stichting Bunkerbehoud between 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. In Vlissingen you can take a view through the huge […]
In: Holland, News, Uncategorized · Tagged with: day, heritage, histoire, holland, open monumentendag, pays-bas
New bunker for Atlantikwall Museum Scheveningen
The Stichting Atlantikwall Museum Scheveningen can add a new bunker to their list. The location at the Badhuisweg (Scheveningen/The Hague) becomes something of a museum park now. The bunker is a Regelbau 622 was part of Wn 318, which housed the Waffen-SS Verteidigungsstab of the Stützpunktgruppe Scheveningen. The local government gave permission to dig up […]
In: Holland, News · Tagged with: "World war two", atlantikwall, bunker, den haag, erfgoed, regelbau, scheveningen, tweede wereldoorlog
Golden concrete mixer 2011
The Dutch prize for the best initiative in our field of interest was awarded again this year. The winner is Stichting WO2 Goeree-Overflakkee (Association for the preservation of World War 2 heritage on the former island of Goeree-Overflakkee). Volunteers of the group unearthed a complete German Widerstandsnest. I think it’s encouraging to see that this was […]
In: Holland, News
Crook arrested who squatted three bunkers
In Hoek van Holland a 47 year old man was recently arrested for digging out and redecorating underground bunkers. The man started in 2009 by digging out a bunker in the centre of Hoek van Holland in the so called ‘Roomseduin’. A park which is now quit popular among dog owners, but in the war held two strongholds […]
In: Holland, News, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Küver crook arrested squatted "hoek van holland" police
Electronically driven ventilator
The guys of the 622 personnel bunker near the Moerdijk bridges have made a ventilator driven by motor working again. Here’s a little movie of them.
In: Holland, News · Tagged with: air, atlantic, atlantikwall, bunker, fresh, gas, hes, lüfter, moerdijk, stützpunktgruppe, ventilator, wall
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
Master of camouflage
This bunker for communications in Schagen, Holland, was unfortunately demolished after the war. Luckily there’s this picture of what appears to be a thirties style house. What an effort to camouflage this bunker!
In: Holland, Photography · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, camouflage, huis, maskering, noord-holland, oorlog, schagen, slotstraat
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