2009-10-07

bunker

Spitzbunker - pointy bunker

This an example of a bunker built according to the design of Leo Winkel. Other names for such bunkers are Betonzigarre (concrete cigar) and Zuckerhut (sugar loaf) bunkers. About 200 were built. I have seen another one in Burbach in Saarbrücken. However, that one is on the grounds of the steelworks, and thus it it is hard to get close enough for a photo.
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Location: Neunkirchen, Germany

8 comments:

  1. AnSaOctober 6, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    ..nteresting shape of the bunker :D.. very nice photo!..:)

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  2. Buenos Aires PhotoblogOctober 7, 2009 at 12:06 AM

    Very unusual! But the engineer must have had something in mind when he designed this.

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  3. Joan ElizabethOctober 7, 2009 at 3:22 AM

    What an odd shape ... I wonder why it's pointy.

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  4. Don and KriseOctober 7, 2009 at 7:21 AM

    I'm wondering the same thing as the others. Why?? Is this the only pointy bunker you've seen, or was this a common shape at one time?

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  5. webruciOctober 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    I know why is pointy! Its dificult to see from the sky. Great photo. I like the climbing plants.

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  6. UnknownOctober 7, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    This is so unusual! How interesting!

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  7. jooOctober 7, 2009 at 10:41 PM

    I've never seen this shape of bunker. It's interesting :D

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  8. That is the chickenOctober 8, 2009 at 6:39 AM

    Cool. Weird...but cool!

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