Main artillery: Six Schneider 15,5 cm. K.416(f)
Ready for battle: Summer 1942
This battery, with its six guns, was one of the largest in the district. It was
built by prisoners of war who lived in barracks close to the town. They had to
walk each day out to the battery site. They were also working on a stronghold on
a hill overlooking the town and the ship lane, and there are still several bunkers
and trenches left at this stronghold. The battery has four tunnelsystems,
each separate from the others, and in are in various conditions. Most of the
bricks inside the bunkers/tunnels was removed for housebuilding after the war, hence it is only
concrete left on the walls and on the ceiling. There are two Schneider guns
left at the site. One is partially restored and accessible for public, the other
is less accessible, due to heavy under- and overgrowth. Much of the site is
private property, since it is in the middle of a residential area built in
later times. The 'leitstand' serves as garage and shed, with the staircase
down to the tunnels recently made accessible. One or two emplacements are
gone due to house construction, but what is left is in quite good condition, apart
from the shelters in connection with each emplacement, where the entrance has been
destroyed, making them inaccessible, unless you are very slim.
'Leitstand' for the battery. Converted to car garage and shed.
One of two Schneider 15,5 cm. K.416(f) guns left on the site. This one is partially restored.
The second of the two. This one is unrestored and less accessible.
Same as above, from a different angle.
Entrance to one of the tunnels. Closed with rubbish. Tunnel partially filled with water.Click on the picture
to see a map over this tunnel.The entrance on the picture is the one that points
south-west on the map.
Another entrance to a different tunnel.
Inside the tunnel in the above photo.
Panzer-door inside tunnel above. Leads to what once was a staircase to an emergency-exit, now just a shaft full of rocks due to houseconstructions on the surface.
Same tunnel as above. Hall used for storage and personnell quarters. One of two halls in this tunnel.
Circular staircase shaft leading up to the 'leitstand' at the top of the hill.
