egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Exterior view of observer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Top position of "Doppelkopf" with steep slope directly behind the steel cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 3 October , 2014 Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Great photos, as ever. Where specifically did the aerial cableways start from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Great photos, as ever. Where specifically did the aerial cableways start from? Les voila: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 3 October , 2014 Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Thank you! Do you know whether there is any evidence remaining in the localities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Thank you! Do you know whether there is any evidence remaining in the localities? On/at the HWK the mountain stations are still existent. At Gaede valley station the foundations of the once impressive wooden construction still visible. Both are posted in this thread at first climb. Last Monday I visited the aerial cable way station at Holzwasen (Sudelkopf mountain). It is still up there but collapsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 I do not want to interrupt this HWK thread, but as the nearby aerial cable ways are of similar construction, I will post a Then&Now picture of the Lauchthal (Bühl) cable way which was absolutely corresponding to those leading up the HWK THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 NOW picture courtesy of Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Climbing uphill to fortified "Bischofshut" location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Passing "Bastion" position with MG revetments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Being in "Bastion" position looking downhill in the trench/stairs-system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Climbing up inside "Bastion"; the vanguard already covering the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Walking through the trenches from where the Jäger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 ...once had excellent views to wards the surrounding mountain range and highest mountain Gr.Belchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 5 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2014 Before I reach my main objective Stützpunkt and fortress "Bischofshut", I pass the sheltered position of heavy (mortar) Minenwerfer (MW) Jagst. Inside the bunker note the mortar mounting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 5 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2014 Close-up view of base plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 5 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2014 Same heavy MW that once was emplaced here at another location on HWK THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 5 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2014 From inside the heavy MW bunker, looking uphill through the firing opening. Note the steep slope uphill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 Finally reaching my main goal for this trip the "Bischofshut"-fortress system. This picture was taken at appr. the location where the aerial cable way D101 terminated at top of HWK. What you see here is the stairs up into Bischofshut system, this place called "Mümmelmann-Pott" with the platoon leader bunker in sight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 NOW THEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 And following these old 98 year old stairs up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 ...I can see the observation bunker "Berta-Lust" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 Inside the bunker a telephone niche; but what is more important: what view did they have from the windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 A truly breathtaking view across the River Rhine plains as far as the Blackforest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2014 Trenches in Bh position almost on top of HWK with view down to River Rhein plain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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