Fort Nordendergroden
The Fort North Ender Groden was a fortification to protect the naval port of Wilhelmshaven .
Location and structure
Fort Nordendergroden was about 160 meters long. Today a parcel of the site is still recognizable and wooded. Part of the defensive trench has also been preserved. Due to its location directly on the dike, for reasons of logistics it can be assumed that the structure of the fort was similar to that of Fort Stollhammerdeich . This was connected directly to the dike and had an infantry position on the dike crown, it was protected at the rear by a moat.
history
The fort was built before or during the First World War to protect Wilhelmshaven. During the First World War there were four batteries north of the fort: the battery Dangast-West, the battery Dangast-Ost, the battery Dangast-Schule and the battery Wehgast. All batteries were implemented as earth positions. The facility was designed for two platoons of infantry (~ 80 men). A division of the naval flak was probably stationed during the Second World 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 .
- ↑ Flak positions in the Wilhelmshaven area and the immediate vicinity. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 8 ° 9 ′ 7.3 ″ E