Flak battery Schaar
The Schaar heavy flak battery was a bunkered position of the naval flak in Wilhelmshaven during the Second World War .
location
The battery was located halfway between Fort Schaar and Kniphausen Castle .
Organizational integration
The German Bight Coast Commander was responsible for the coastal defense . The battery belonged as part of the II. Marine Flakbrigade to the Wilhelmshaven section. The flak battery belonged to the Marine Flak division 212, whose Flakuntergruppenkommando center was on the Fortification Road in Wilhelmshaven.
history
The Flakbatterie Schaar was initially set up in 1938 as a field position with four 8.8-cm anti-aircraft guns , this was located about 500 meters south of the later bunker battery. In October 1940 she was converted to two 10.5-cm anti-aircraft guns of the SK C / 33 type in double C / 31 mounts. She was ready for action on November 9, 1940. The guns used here came from the unfinished aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin and were used until the new bunker battery was completed.
construction
Construction work on the bunker battery began in the spring of 1941 and the shell was completed by autumn of the same year. In contrast to other bunker batteries, the high-level gun bunkers of the Schaar battery had a first floor that served as living space for the gun crews. Four 10.5-cm guns were installed on the bunkers, plus a range finder. 2 cm anti-aircraft weapons were installed on the machine and accommodation bunkers . One of the battery's farm buildings was camouflaged as a country house and was located on the road from Antonslust. After the construction work was completed, the two 10.5 cm double mounts were dismantled and relocated to the Kanalpolder flak battery in Emden . There they were ready for action on February 16, 1942.
Conversion to a large battery
The battery was to be expanded to a large battery in 1945 to improve Wilhelmshaven's air defense. Three additional guns with type Flak 40 with a caliber of 12.8 cm as a double mount were to be built. The three new gun beds required for this had a diameter of 18 meters compared to the 10.5 cm beds with a diameter of 10 meters. The renovation work was carried out day and night. They could no longer be completed due to the surrender of the German army.
post war period
The Schaar battery was blown up in late summer 1945. The rubble was used for road construction. Today the remains of one of the 12.8 cm gun beds are still visible as a covered hill. The position of the 10.5 cm battery can still be seen from the trees planted by the soldiers. After the war, displaced persons were initially housed in the farm building; today it is privately owned.
literature
- Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939-1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade. Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, ISBN 3-9806885-0-X , p. 115f.
Web links
- Flakbatterie Schaar on www.luftschutzbunker-wilhelmshaven.de, with historical photographs and aerial photographs as well as current images.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e f Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939-1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade . Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, ISBN 3-9806885-0-X , p. 115 f .
- ^ Friedrich August Greve: The air defense in the Wilhelmshaven section 1939-1945. 2nd Navy Flak Brigade . Hermann Lüers, Jever 1999, p. 48 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '47.9 " N , 8 ° 3' 44.8" E