New renovation project in Westwall
While one project goes down other ones are just starting. Markus Lauer is renovating a Regelbau B1-5 in Sulzbach (Saarland). In September 2009 the owner of the bunker gave permission to start restorating it. After removing loads of trash and installing a new 14P7 armoured door at the entrance the first part of the project is done. […]
In: Germany, News · Tagged with: 10p7, 7p7, b1-5, bauprogramm, limes, regelbau, renovation, saarland, sulzbach, westwall
Uncertain future for Bunker ‘Anton’
A Westwall Regelbau 1 for a machine gun in Merzig (Saarland) will probably be demolished or covered in the near future. From 2005-2007 it was a small Westwall museum. The bunker built in 1938 during the ‘Limes-Bauprogramm’ was completely renovated. Unfortunately a new road will cross the spot of the bunker and it had to […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, Germany, News · Tagged with: 1, bauprogramm, gemeinschaft, interessen, limes, merzig, regelbau, saarland, westwall
Westwall in winter
Winter can be cold and miserable but also inspiring. Made a trip to the Schneifel region in Germany near Prüm. You can still find some remnants of the Westwall in this area. This december there was a big pack of snow which made the trip more special. I’ve visited a special type 23 near Kronenburgerhütte, […]
In: Germany, Photography · Tagged with: 10, 11, 23, deutschland, germany, kronenburg, kronenburgerhütte, limes, ormont, prüm, regelbau, schneifel, snow, westwall, winter