Fort Mitteldeich
The Fort Iffens was a fortification to protect the naval port of Wilhelmshaven .
location
The fort is located directly north of the Hayenschlooter Sieltiefs near Iffens. It was built as a closed bezel . The facility was designed for two platoons of infantry (~ 80 men). It has a length of 150 meters and a width of 90 meters. To the north, the complex is protected by a semicircular ditch. The southern area of the facility has been destroyed.
history
Fort Mitteldeich was built after the Franco-German War in 1870/71. In the Second World War it was probably used for Wilhelmshaven's air defense. Today only part of the trench is preserved.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fortress inventory (c) Martin Klöffler. Retrieved November 17, 2019 .
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ "In between" / Bunker in Weser-Ems-Land / Ammerland / Wesermarsch / Nordenham / Oldenburger Land - Hatten - Hude - Stuhr - Weyhe - Schönemoor - Wüsting - Wardenburg - Ganderkesee - Großenkneten - Huntlosen - Kirchweyhe - Dünsen - Wildeshausen - Hasbergen - Flak protection Bremen - air defense HB-Del air bases and deployment ports / Delmenhorst / Cloppenburg / Emsland / Grafschaft Bentheim / Nordhorn / Osnabrücker Land Nord / Oldenburger Münsterland / Diepholz. Retrieved November 17, 2019 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 47.9 " N , 8 ° 19 ′ 57.2" E