Lakseviga battery
The Lakseviga battery (also called Krageviga ) on the island of Flekkerøya near the Norwegian town of Kristiansand in Fylke Agder was a German fortification during World War II . It was built by the Germans as part of the Atlantic Wall and was the first coastal fortress built in Kristiansand after the 1940 invasion. The subordination took place under the commandant of the sea defense Kristiansand-Süd .
The gun emplacement MKB 3./502 Flekkeröy (MKB - Marine Coastal Battery ) belonging to the Kristiansand artillery group was on the north side of Flekkerøya. Access to and from the mainland was by boat. An access road connected the positions with the road network on the island.
In Kragevika were the quays, the warehouse, the barracks and various other facilities. In the summer of 1940 the two St Chamond L45 21 cm cannons with a range of 16,000 meters were moved from the western battery on Odderøya to Lakseviga. The gun emplacement was intended as a western barrier to protect the main entrance to Kristiansand. Both cannons were on bunkers. The command center was Gråheia .
After the war, the Norwegian coastal artillery took over the position in 1945, but closed it down in 1957. The ammunition store on the quay, a brick building with painted windows, is still there.
The area is now a recreational area. The entire system including the remains of the narrow-gauge railway are classified as a cultural monument.
Lakseviga military railway
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The route stretched for around 300 meters from the harbor quay to Huddedalen, where it shared with a switch. One track led to the cannon position at Fluheia and one track to the cannon position south of Huddedalen.
The ammunition cart was lifted up using a winch powered by a gasoline engine.
The switch and the tracks to the command posts were removed after the war. The track width of the route is not apparent from the available sources. The winch is kept in the cannon museum in Møvik .
Web links
- Lakseviga fort, Lakseviga - Krageviga / Kystfort. In: kulturminnesok.no. Retrieved November 29, 2018 (Norwegian).
- Endre Wrånes: Lakseviga: the første tyske kystfort. In: digitaltmuseum.no. November 17, 2014, accessed November 30, 2018 (Norwegian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Lexikon der Wehrmacht, Gliederungen, MarineArtAbt, MarineArtAbt 502, Title: Marine Artillery Battery Kristiansand, Marine Artillery Department Kristiansand, Marine Artillery Department 502, accessed on November 29, 2018 (source is on blacklist)
- ↑ Steven J. Zaloga: The Atlantic Wall (2): Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ Lakseviga fort, Lakseviga - Krageviga / Kystfort. Jernbaneminne 128473-15 and 128473-16. In: kulturminnesok.no. Retrieved November 30, 2018 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Endre Wrånes: Lakseviga: det første tyske Kystfort. In: digitaltmuseum.no. November 17, 2014, accessed November 30, 2018 (Norwegian).
Coordinates: 58 ° 5 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 29.1 ″ E