List of surviving elements of the Siegfried Line

Surviving gun turret near Pachten, Germany

This article lists those elements of the Siegfried Line (German: Westwall) that have survived or whose function is still clearly recognisable. The structures are listed roughly from north to south and grouped by the individual construction programmes involved in building the Siegfried Line.

Geldern position, Brüggen-Kleve Sector

Border Guard Programme

Engineer Programme

Limes Programme

Aachen-Saar Programme

Wartime Regelbau

Special elements

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Line of dragon's teeth near Winterbach in the Saarland

Baden

Air Defence Zone West

See also

References and external links

  1. Demolished on 10 August 2011 by the state construction office to make way for the B51 ring road.
  2. Otterbachabschnitt, Westwallmuseum Bad Bergzabern
  3. Westwall, Rentrisch Local History Working Group
  4. Bunker WH 316 Preservation Society
  5. Der Regelbau 10, Rastatt Historical Society

Literature

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