Fort Ellenserdamm

Perimeter of Fort Ellenserdamm

Photo of Fort Ellenserdamm

The Fort Ellenserdamm was a fortification to protect the naval port of Wilhelmshaven .

Location and structure

Position of the forts to protect Wilhelmshaven.

Way to Fort Ellenserdamm.

Fort Ellenserdamm is located directly south of Ellenserdammersiel . It was built as a closed bezel . The facility was designed for two platoons of infantry (~ 80 men). The system was 200 meters long and 100 meters wide. Most of the moat has been preserved.

Panorama of the landscape in front of Fort Ellenserdamm.

history

Fort Ellenserdamm was built before the First World War . To the north of the facility there were still the anti-aircraft battery Ellenserdam and the battery Ellenserdamm during the First World War. In the Second World War it was reactivated for the air defense of Wilhelmshaven. The facility was inhabited until the 1970s.

Web links

• Fort Ellenserdamm on www.luftschutzbunker-wilhelmshaven.de, with photographs.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frank Gosch: fortress construction on the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The history of the German coastal fortifications until 1918 . 1st edition. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0743-9 , pp. 51-64 .
2. ^ Frank Gosch: fortress construction on the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The history of the German coastal fortifications until 1918 . 1st edition. Mittler, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0743-9 , pp. 51-64 .
3. ↑ Ellenserdamm Infantry Factory. Retrieved November 16, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '54.8 "  N , 8 ° 2' 49.6"  E