Fort Schortens
The Fort Schortens 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 Schort Fortens was located on the southwestern edge of Schortens .
history
Fort Schortens was built shortly before the First World War . A flak battery was located east of the facility as early as the First World War. During the Second World War , the Schortens flak battery was initially set up in the fort with 8.8 cm anti-aircraft guns . Larger 10.5-cm guns were later placed west of the fort. The fort's infantry plant was used as an ammunition bunker.
Web links
Flak battery Schortens , at www.bunker-whv.de, with numerous pictures.
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. 174 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '25.1 " N , 7 ° 56' 7.6" E