Bunker in Thyborøn Denmark restored
A bunker for personnel in the Danish coastal town of Thyborøn has been restored to its original outside state. It’s an interesting one because it was camouflaged as warehouse, including fake big wooden doors and windows. There is an exibition inside about “Skildpaddespionen” (The Turtlespy) a Danish employee (engineer) at the town hall who made double […]
In: Denmark, News · Tagged with: 621, atlantikwall, bunker, Dänemark, denmark, jutland, museum, regelbau, Thyborøn, west
Stp Pommern will disappear
The local government of Wissant on the 23th of March decided to demolish the bunkers on the southern beach of the town. It was the French state who feels the bunkers are a danger to the coastal protection and to visitors of the beach. Total costs of the demolition: €450.000. The ruins pose too much […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 600, 612, 621, 630, bernard, bracq, pommern, regelbau, wissant
Hunting gets priority in France
Thanks to my correspondent in the Calais area Olejniczak Hervé The well known naval Batterie Oldenburg near Calais is going to loose some of its bunkers to a new hunting terrain! Anywhere else this sounds crazy but apparently hunting is still big in France. Since the first week of december, bird hunting lakes and observation cabins […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 24cm, 621, 629, atlantikwall, calais, france, hunting, kriegsmarine, oldenburg, pas-de-calais, sand, Sk
A famous 4.7cm Festungspak 36 (t) gone..
Through the French Atlantikwall Forum I read the sad news that the very special 4.7cm Festungspak 36 (t) in a 612 at Kerbascuirl near Plouhinec (south of Bretagne) has disappeared. Although it was a miracle the gun was still there after so many years it’s still very disappointing. At the moment there’s no info on […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, France, News · Tagged with: 621, bohumin, bretagne, brittany, festung, festungpak, kerbascuirl, lorient, plouhinec