DK 073 Sperrbatterie Lökken-Nord Typology Stützpunkt (Strongpoint) Sub-section Stp Gr. Lökken Number and designation 1/134, 4/M160, 1/M162a, 2/Fl242, 4/M272, 1/Fl277, 1/L411A, 1/607, 4/622, 1/675 Address Furreby Locality •
073_ Sperrbatterie Lökken-Nord
The battery site is very impressive and conspicuous as it partly lies on the beach due to coastal erosion. The way the bunkers lie fully visible on the beach gives the visitor a good impression of the layout of the original battery site. The battery stretches ca. 600 m along the coast. The original depth of the battery was ca. 200 m. Due to a coastal erosion of ca. 50 m since the war, the bunkers of the battery now lie partly on the beach. The first line of bunkers (now on the beach) consisted of the four gun positions (open as well as bunkers (M272)), the firing control bunker (M162a) lay in the middle of the beach. At the northern end there was a bunker for a 150 cm
search light (Fl. 277). Immediately behind the gun positions were situated the crew bunkers (M160). At each end of this row was a bunker for a light antiaircraft gun (Fl. 242). Situated further back, to the rear of the dune, are more crew bunkers (622) and ammunition bunkers (134, 607). In the low area behind the high dune was the barracks camp of the battery, together with the well bunker (675). As mentioned above, a part of the battery lay on the beach due to coastal erosion. The battery was, and partly still is, situated on a high dune, which is up to 24 m above sea level and stretched up to 100 m into the hinterland. Behind the high dune is an area with lower dunes. The rear side of the high dune
The fire control bunker of the battery, a Regelbau M 162a (© MCH)) The fire control bunker, Regelbau M 162a, seen from the beach (© LL)
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