Fort Wehlens

Outline of Fort Wehlens

The Fort Wehlens was a fortification to protect the naval port of Wilhelmshaven .

location

Position of the forts to protect Wilhelmshaven.

The fort was built as a closed lunette . The facility was designed for two platoons of infantry (~ 80 men). It is located approximately 400 meters northwest of the village mound Wehlens west of Sengwarden . The ground plan of the 250 meter long and 150 meter wide fort approaches a crescent moon. It is protected from the outside by a graft and a wall. Most of the wall has been preserved, it is 10 to 15 meters wide and up to 2.5 meters high. The graft is completely intact, 15 to 20 meters wide and carries water.

history

The fort was built during the First World War by the construction company Tietken from Neuengroden . To the southeast of the fort was the Wehlens anti-aircraft battery, while the Meddeburg anti-aircraft battery was to the southwest. Both were realized as earth positions. Inside the facility there is a small concrete bunker from the Second World War .

present

Today the area is rented by a motorcycle club. Due to its military-historical importance as an archaeological ground monument, the fort is a listed building .

literature

• Wulf: Archaeological monuments in the independent city of Wilhelmshaven. Material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. 1996, p. 151.
• Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon. Volume 3, p. 442.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Friedhelm Wulf: Archaeological monuments in the independent city of Wilhelmshaven. In: Material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony . 1996, p. 151 .
2. ^ 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 .
3. ↑ Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon. tape 3 , p. 442 .
4. ^ 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 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '46.2 "  N , 8 ° 1' 38.6"  E