Tom Oliviers Posted 29 January , 2022 Share Posted 29 January , 2022 (edited) Also started this topic on the other forum, but there is not that much interaction as i've hoped for. The Flandernstellung, a big german defenseline acros the fields of Flanders, with some very nice bunkers remaining. Here a double observationpost which can been found on private property (always ask permission, very friendly owners!) Here the exact coords of this bunker:50°58'55.1"N 2°58'52.7"E Sketch from this bunker (not measured, just drawn on sight). The bunker consists of three rooms, two for direct observation and all three with periscope shaft through the roof. The bunker is build on the slope of a hill so it had a very good sight towards the village of Houthulst. Edited 29 January , 2022 by Tom Oliviers layout and extra text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 29 January , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2022 I dont know what is the bandwith here for all the pictures i want to share, i've tried BBcode directly from my Flickr-account where my archive is on (200+ Gb at the moment), but the BBcode doest seems to work. Is here an html function in the posts? some forums have it, i didnt found it here (yet). For those interested in the pictures of this bunker, they can been found on my flickr-album:https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzzqbQ regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 29 January , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2022 Just give me a yell when i'm over the bandwith of the server, when i start with pictures its infinite :p Here some directly uploaded onto this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 29 January , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2022 Inside views, for all pictures on full HD, just click the above link to the Flickr-album (everything there is on maximum resolution, not that i'm an impressive good photographer, but sometimes the details are important). Special thanks to Johan Vanpee to show me the location of this bunker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Posted 29 January , 2022 Share Posted 29 January , 2022 These are excellent and show how determined the Germans were in not giving up any of the captured ground. It also points to a view that further advances were impossible and an negotiated truce was the only option left to the Germans to end the war without a crushing defeat. Thanks for the showing us these images Tom Best Regards Pompey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 29 January , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 January , 2022 The location of this bunker along the Flandernstellung. I learned (thanks to AOK 4), at some point in the war this line was divided into other lines, but i'm not there yet in my investigation, Its possible that this bunker was later a part of the Terrestriegel, but first the old line as mentioned on the maps of 1917. (all things at his time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus1914 Posted 29 January , 2022 Share Posted 29 January , 2022 Interesting... I don't know my Flanders Lines that well but it looks like part of Flandern I Stellung to me which joined Flandern II Stellung west of Passchendaele. Flandern I Stellung then went south between Zonnebeke and Broodseinde. Somebody must have a decent map of the Flanders' lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 2 February , 2022 Share Posted 2 February , 2022 (edited) On 29/01/2022 at 19:50, Gus1914 said: Somebody must have a decent map of the Flanders' lines. Jan Vancoillie's book on the Ypres Front is an excellent source of such maps and info. Peter PS Tom there are several others in the area, such as 2 close by at Stampkot and s'Graveneik. All are marked on the inventaris, with info on each one. Edited 2 February , 2022 by mebu PS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus1914 Posted 3 February , 2022 Share Posted 3 February , 2022 Thanks Peter... the book is on Kindle too...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 4 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 4 February , 2022 Yeah i have it on Kindle, great program for study books! I hope more Will come on kindle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 16 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 16 February , 2022 Found a nice document on Bundesarchiv about the use of kriegsgefangenen for the Stellungsbau, in addition of that document are some maps, of which thisone give a great impression until where the Flandern-stellungen where build and connects to the Wotan-stellungen. Near Roubaix (Fr) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 18 February , 2022 Author Share Posted 18 February , 2022 About the double observationbunker in s'graveneik, it was called Beobachtungsstand 19 (Beob 19) on the german maps (found on bundesarchiv online) It seems there was a second one (Beob 21) nearby The gefechtsstand where those observationbunkers rapported to stood (or stand?) north of Hooglede. (according to this map) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 18 February , 2022 Share Posted 18 February , 2022 Tom, good find with the map (it is actually at the spot marked in orange on the map below). It has a very good view over a large area to the south and west. The location confirms your comment on the other thread, with it being just forward of the crest of the hill, apparent from the contour lines. Sometimes on the Siegfriedstellung they were also on the reverse slope, such as the picture below (Diana's Hill,) high enough to see over the hill but with the outline broken by the trees. Very difficult for the British/French to locate. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 18 February , 2022 Share Posted 18 February , 2022 (edited) Here on another map, circled in red. Note that Beob 21 is given as same location on both maps. Peter Edited 18 February , 2022 by mebu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Oliviers Posted 14 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 14 May , 2023 hello Still working on the Flandern-I-Stellung and the most remaining bunkers still exists on French soil near Wervicq-Sud... The line starts west of Raversijde on the North-Sea and ends on the north of Wambrechies near Lille where it flows over in the "Flandern-Riegel"... this Flandern-Riegel connects Flandern-I to Wotan-I from the fort of Prémesques. I'm uploading my study and pictures of remaining bunkers on my blog (in dutch)https://frontratten.blogspot.com/p/flandern-i-stellung.html Location of Flandern-I Flandern I (northern part) and Wotan I (southern part), the gap i left open is the Flandern-Riegel The Flandern-Riegel with a lot of remaining bunkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 16 December , 2023 Share Posted 16 December , 2023 's Graveneik. German artillery observation post before the obs bunker was built. Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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