2010-07-29

Maginot tentacles

2009-10-07

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.

2009-05-27

Bunker 316

Part of the Westwall (Siegfried Line), the series of over 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and tank traps built by Hitler in the 1930s from the Swiss to the Dutch borders. Most have now disappeared and this is the only one left in Saarbrücken. The interior can be seen in the Saar Lorraine Location Guide.