Stützpunkt Stene & the Landfront of Oostende
You will find this site at Stene, a small village now incorporated
within the city of
The Stp "Stene" belonged to the StpGr "
Shortly after the war the moat started to fill up again, so that today
it is almost inexistent apart from a small section between the Spuikom and the
coast. Concerning the casemates, unfortunately, they disappeared one after
another due to the expansion not only of the city limits but also of the
airport's facilities.
The MG-bunkers, Regelbau 630 = part of WN Wolf
At Stene there was a heavy concentration of bunkers and these were
defended by several MG bunkers of which two remain. The MG bunkers are
Regelbauten 630. Both 630’s still
retain their armoured plates (thickness
The bunkers have been constructed with walls of
The whole old
The site has been protected as a monument of history on 19 Oct 1998.
The two remaining 630’s of the Landfront
The field battery = Stp Kolberg
The Stene had also a field battery. (The task of field batteries was to
cover the beaches while the coastal batteries fire had to cover the coastal
waters. A field battery lies about
During the war the Stp "Stene" was must larger than nowadays. Sketches
from "L’EM de destruction" of 1945-46 show that there were four other
open emplacements with a diameter of
A note of the royal engineers demolition squads pioneers, destruction
service, dated 07 Sep 45, mentions the decision to destroy these
emplacements as well as other buildings. Today two emplacements remains
visible, the others are gone or are underground.
The site has been protected as a monument of history on 19 Oct 1998.
The two 669’s casemates pointing to the ports.
The two casemates of the field battery are Regelbauten 669, "Gun casemate for field-guns
(60°) without annex rooms". They had a gun-room with on both sides two
small rooms for the shells and cartridges. The left room is a bit larger to
accommodate the ventilation equipment. Both 669’s have also 50 % thicker walls. (normally this is B)
The field-battery belonged to the StBK 308 (Stabsbatterie of the
823.HKAA of the 940.HKAR) On 12 Dec 1943 the 823.HKAA was renamed I/1240.HKAR. The site has the code name Stp Kolberg.
The battery was equipped with four howitzers model : LeFH
One can still see today the bunker number in the casemates namely
"Ost-W 018 456 and 457", although heavily blurred.
Around the 669’s are a few Wellblech bunkers and one engine-bunker. Behind the nearby farm are still a few brick
and re
The wall or dike with "loop-holes" has nothing to do with the
battery. It’s the remains of the former brick-yard.
One
of the open emplacements of the battery.
Overview
of the battery together with a Wellblech.
The remaining part of the Landfront
As already said before, the Landfront disapeared bit by bit and actually
only a few bunkers remain.
One can still see a rare Regelbau 505,
PAK Unterstand, along the N9 going from
To give a rough location. The next objects are located between
Zandvoorde and Stene. There’s the Polderdijk. At the Polderdijk 2, behind a
farm you’ll find a 667,
Kleinstunterstand für
A little further, at the bend of the road one can see a small brick MG post.
The 667 and the mg-post have been protected as a monument of history on
19 Oct 1998. The 505 was protected on 27 Feb 2007.
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