Fort Meedengroden
The Fort Meedengroden 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). The fort is located north of Rotenhahn. It has a length of 200 meters and a width of 140 meters. Most of the moat is still there.
history
The Imperial Navy already had staff in Meedengroden in 1915. It can therefore be assumed that the fort existed before that. The fort had an infantry factory as a two-story bunker and an ammunition bunker. The fort's bunkers were blown up after the war. However, there are still structural remains.
Web links
- Fort Meedengroden on www.bunker-whv.de, with numerous photographs.
- Fort Meedengroden , at www.festungsbauten.de
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 .
- ↑ Imperial Navy Losses by suicide. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
- ↑ I plant Meedengroden. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 25 ′ 33.6 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 57.3 ″ E