Prussian Wall
The Prussian Wall was the name given to the southern half of the south-west protective wall of the North Sea island of Helgoland . It was essentially created between 1910 and 1913.
history
As early as 1891 with the construction of the tunnels and bunkers as part of the military fortification of the island, concern about the existence of the western cliff grew. In order to find the right solution, a test protective wall was built in the area of the Blockhörn and Siderst Hörn (Spitzhorn) in 1903.
1904 to 1907 further sections of the bank were added with a modified design. The wall was built from the southern tip in 1910 and Blockhörn was reached in 1913. Work was interrupted during World War I and only resumed in 1926. The project was completed in 1927, but the plan to run the protective wall around the northern tip was not carried out.
During the Second World War , the protective wall was severely damaged, so that after the island was cleared by the English in 1952, the planning for repairs began. This work was carried out between 1960 and 1963.
Further construction work
The protective wall on the " Long Anna " was only built as part of the Lobster Claw project.
Naming
The name came about because the military building administration of the German Reich had already worked on the surf-repellent wall in the north , but from 1908 the construction work became the responsibility of the State of Prussia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Museum Helgoland, information sheet, permanent exhibition, outdoor area 04
- ↑ Ministerialrat Verlohr, Berlin, and government building officer Bahr, Helgoland, Die Südwestschutzmauer auf Helgoland and its prehistory, in: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen 1930, 2 and 3 [1]
- ↑ Jürgen Thiemann: On the history of the southwest protective wall of the island of Helgoland. In: The coast - archive for research and technology on the North and Baltic Seas , issue 49, Heide 1990, page 238 f. [2]
Coordinates: 54 ° 11 '17.2 " N , 7 ° 52' 6.2" E