Fort Hohemey
The Fort Hohemey was a fortification to protect the naval port of Wilhelmshaven .
Location and structure
The fort was built as a closed lunette . The facility was designed for two platoons of infantry (~ 80 men). It was north of Horsten, west of the Friedeburger Tief and Altgödens, on today's B 436 .
history
The facility was built before or during the First World War . Fort Hohemey had a central infantry plant and an ammunition bunker. To the east of the fort were the Hohemey battery and an anti-aircraft battery during the First World War. During the Second World War , the Hohemey anti-aircraft battery was installed in the fort , and a 12.8 cm battery was installed to the west of the facility later in the war .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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 .
- ^ 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. 170 f .
Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 17.5 " N , 7 ° 57 ′ 15.8" E