Batterie Dietl
on the island of Engeløy in Nordland County, was one of the largest with its
40,6 cm. SK C/34 Krupp-guns, the so-called Adolf-guns. (Norwegian). Get German
version here.
More
Batterie Dietl.
Page from Atlantikwall Website.
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Batterie Trondenes** near Harstad in Troms County. Main artillery same as in
Batterie Dietl,
40,6 cm. SK C/34 Krupp, Adolf-guns. All the four guns remains, fully operational,
one of them is open as a museum. The guns are the only 40,6 cm. of this sort remaining in the world, and are
the worlds largest land-based guns for coastal defence. (Norwegian).
Batterie Trondenes,
different webpage. (Norwegian).
Get some general information and two pics from
Oddane Fort and Batterie Trondenes
here. (Norwegian).
Batterie Vara near Kristiansand
in Vest-Agder County.
Was equipped with
38 cm. SK C/34 Krupp-guns. Still one fully operational gun left as a museum, plus two
casemates. The gun is the only 38 cm. of this sort remaining in the world. (English).
Another Batterie Vara site, with
pictures from the construction of the battery. (English).
Austrått Fort
(MKB Örlandet),
with one triple 28 cm. SK C/34 gun turret, turret "Caesar", from the German battleship
Gneisenau.
Turret restored and converted to museum, together with the underground
tunnel system. The turret is the only part of Gneisenau's structure that remains in the world,
apart from the armoured shield of turret "Bruno" at MKB Fjell west of Bergen, which still lies next to the turretshaft, cut up in big pieces.
shaft after "Bruno" was cut to scrap in 1968. I took the photos, you'll find them at Atlantikwall Website. Austrått Fort,
further information and history. (Norwegian).
If you want to see a scale model of MKB Fjell,
click here. The mid-section of
the tumbnails on that page shows a detailed model of "the strongest fortress of the Atlantikwall in Northern Europe."
When looking at the scale model of the tunnel-system, remember it is much more extensive than shown here.
It is only the part of the tunnels that is preserved as a museum that are scaled. There was built over 3 km. of tunnels in the rock around the turret shaft.
Other German batteries / fortress sites in Norway:
German Installations in Norway 1940 - today. A lot of interesting pictures and information.
Hagland Festning
, MKB 10./504 Haugesund (MKB Bismarck) is a very good site with much information about this German fortress at Hagland near
Haugesund in Rogaland County. For those of
you who doesn't understand Norwegian, enjoy the photos. (Norwegian).
Kvalvik Fort, a partly restored
fortress near Kristiansund, Møre & Romsdal County. (Norwegian).
Another Kvalvik Fort site.
On the page Krig
og okkupasjon i Hordaland / Tyske Festningsanlegg i Hordaland you will find some general
information about the German activity in Hordaland County during the war. Also pictures from three
different battery sites, there among some unique color pictures of turret "Bruno" from Gneisenau
at MKB Fjell west of Bergen. The pictures are probably from the late sixties, and from before
the turret unfortunately was cut to scrap in 1968. (Norwegian).
At Titran in Sør-Trøndelag County you will find Stabben Fort
that is partly restored and guided tours are arranged. (Norwegian).
Storbakken Kystfort. (Norwegian).
