egbert Posted 18 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 September , 2014 A junction to different galleries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 18 September , 2014 Share Posted 18 September , 2014 THEN Note the guy sitting on the "balcony" above one of the entrances' 12 (3).jpg He looks extremely young, almost boyish. Very moving. Apropos childish, "Beskide" means "to foul"/"anscheissen" in Danish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 18 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 September , 2014 I am very grateful that the German commanders did not name any of their formations after Danish verbs. The name Beskide comes from an elite corps, the XXXVIII. Reservekorps which was also named Beskidenkorps and was employed both, on the East-and the Western front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 18 September , 2014 Share Posted 18 September , 2014 Once again brilliant. I am so enjoying this thread. Thank you Egbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechhill Posted 18 September , 2014 Share Posted 18 September , 2014 I am very grateful that the German commanders did not name any of their formations after Danish verbs. The name Beskide comes from an elite corps, the XXXVIII. Reservekorps which was also named Beskidenkorps and was employed both, on the East-and the Western front. I almost wish they did! German humour is often ridiculed, but black sarcasm is - in my experience - a staple of German culture (and I find it wonderfully funny!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2014 Where are we? Oh yes the Felseneck concrete covered entrances to subterranean galleries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2014 Let's get down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2014 Deep in the rock formation, bored tunnels and concrete-lined walls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2014 Now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2014 THEN source: mon ami vosgien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDS Posted 19 September , 2014 Share Posted 19 September , 2014 The engineering is staggering, I love this thread Egbert, please keep it going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Thanks - and off we go leaving Felseneck and if you follow Gwyn's map the next fortress is only 20 meters higher at 740m altitude. It is Beskid. On the trail up you got to walk inside Herbstgraben (=trench) A lot of wire rubble along the path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Having just left Felseneck, I can see the single rock in which the fortress Beskid was bored into. You always have to imagine that here along the North slope all tall trees were shelled to matches, nothing but devastated mountain side with a fantastic view for miles and miles. So this image is a lucky shot to get almost the whole of Beskid rock and fortress. Note my flashing Australian Fennec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 This is part of the original Herbst-trench, 98 years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Herbstgraben=Herbst-trench was named after Lt Herbst, an engineer in 2./Pionier-Kompanie 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Short before and the last meters in front of Beskid fortress, Herbst trench views into rubble, barbed wire remnants and depressions from artillery fire. Everything was smashed to pieces here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 20 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 September , 2014 One final curve in the trench and voila the main entrance to Beskid fortress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Just remember what I posted before. The last fortress Felseneck once was connected to Beskid fortress via subsurface tunnel (Zwischenklippe). It is not accessible anymore. I climbed up through Herbstgraben the above-ground trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 A careful walk into the fortress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Let's illuminate with stronger flashlights Inside fortress Beskid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Approaching the upper exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 and leaving the subsurface structures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 21 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Exiting the Beskid, right at Kachelgraben (=trench), the ancient fountain "Beskidenbrunnen" is well recognizable. Sadly the original faucets have been stolen in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMarsdin Posted 21 September , 2014 Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Thanks for the continued photo-tour, Egbert; what fantastic feats of engineering and construction in such adversity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spconnolly007 Posted 21 September , 2014 Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Egbert, your 'favorite picture' seems to have disappeared since earlier this afternoon. Have you removed it? Regards, Sean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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