Commandopost Clingendael / Seyss-Inquart Bunker
The Command Post Clingedael in Wassenaar, als knows as the ‘Seyss-Inquart bunker’, will be accessible only once, during Bunker Day.
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The Command Post Clingedael in Wassenaar, als knows as the ‘Seyss-Inquart bunker’, will be accessible only once, during Bunker Day.
During excavation in 2022 for laying electricity cables from the wind turbine off shore Wijk aan Zee to the coast a few naval mine anchors where brought ashore.
The Nazis used the military grounds at this location during the Second World War and expanded their air defense with a bed equipped with anti-aircraft guns (FLAK) and used an already present Dutch military object to serve as troops’ quarters. A special place because this is normally an area that cannot be entered.
This command bunker of type 117a is nicknamed “wing bunker” or “whale bunker.” This name is derived from the large stabilizing piece built onto the bunker, which has the specific shape of a whale tail or airplane tail.
These bunkers are constructed bombproof with walls and roofs of at least 2 meters thick reinforced concrete. A total of 6 examples of this type have been built along the Landfront.
A combination of art and architecture. The Sculpture Fortress is a special structure in the Defense Line of Den Helder, with statues of Maria Glandorf.
In this bunker, a type 467 6-men bunker, there has been an exhibition about the Udetboje since this spring.
The G33, a Kuver 467 L, was an officer’s bunker during the Second World War and has recently been excavated. We have left this bunker as we found it, providing a good impression of its original appearance.
In the event of “the Bomb” dropping, this bunker would provide shelter for the mayor, several civil servants, the police, fire brigade, and GGD for a maximum of one to two weeks.
This bunkercomplex was built during World War II by the German occupiers as a defensive point for the former Bergen airfield used by them. The complex is located south of the airfield, and currently, 13 structures remain.
This bunker is currently being excavated!
This bunker is intended to house a Gruppe, consisting of ten soldiers. In the bunker you can see an exhibition of planes that crashed on
An extra bunker will be opened especially for Bunker Day, a residential bunker of the Kuver type 450a. Several short films of the daily life of the Egmond residents during the war are shown in the bunker.
The bunkers of Wn 12H are the only one on Vlieland that has ‘survived’, the others have been demolished or ended up on the beach
Fall 2021, a concrete tetrahedron beach obstacle has been rebuild on this position. Its original concrete poles, of 120kg each, as well as the even heavier obstacle head, where found during excavation on the beach.
The bunker is still in its original condition, so you will enter a real time capsule.
The staff accommodation’s official name is ‘Regelbau 502 Doppelgruppenunterstand’. It was intended for 20 soldiers.
The observation bunker had a 20-tonne armoured-steel observation dome integrated into the roof. The surrounding area could be viewed using a periscope in the dome.
this bunker at Bunkercomplex Overvoorde in Rijswijk was room for 12 men. The bunker was divided into 2 rooms, the day room and the night room.
This large bunker at Bunkercomplex Overvoorde is referred to as type S.K. This means that the bunker was not a standard design and therefore probably designed for this location.
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