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Fort Battice

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Fort Battice

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Location: Herve, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. View over the wide countryside – Fort Battice loop from Battice

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3. View of Aubel – Val-Dieu Abbey loop from Thimister

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Mapf

October 7, 2019

The Fort Battice is a built after 1934 near the homonymous village and about 20 km east of Liège Belgian fortress. The fort belonged to the outer fortified ring of Liège (French position Fortifiée de Liège - PFL 1) and covered the eastern front of the city. It secured several road and rail links. Eight other forts were within the scope of his artillery (Wikipedia).

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Oliver🌍

April 2, 2021

Based on the experiences from the First World War - here in particular the battles around Fort Loncin - Battice was protected by appropriately heavily reinforced concrete against fire of a caliber of up to 520 millimeters and the fighting blocks were also placed far away from the underground barracks. Five artillery blocks are distributed over the area of a pentagon: three retractable armored turrets (blocks 4, 6 and A-North) each with two 75-millimeter cannons (range up to 10.1 kilometers) and two armored turrets (block B-north and B -Süd) with two 120-millimeter cannons each (range up to 17.5 kilometers). Except for the north side, the facility is surrounded by a storm-free ditch, which was covered by four strokes. Maintaining the railway line to the north made it necessary to build two flanking systems (Blocks 1 and 2) each with two 60-millimeter anti-tank guns. The main entrance is on the northeast ditch and another entrance with the main fan is about 400 meters away from the entire system. The barracks with rest rooms, kitchen and infirmary are located at a depth of about 30 meters. A power station generated the electrical energy for lighting, ventilation, elevators and so on with six 175 HP motors. A 3.8 kilometer long underground corridor system connects all important parts of the fort with one another. Six artillery observation posts were set up in the wide area around Battice.

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Güni1964

March 5, 2022

The fort of Battice was supposed to serve as the first bastion at the beginning of the Second World War, but had to surrender very quickly.

The fort can be visited on Saturday afternoons from March 16th. The tour lasts around 2.5 hours. In any case, an interesting, strange experience.

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Location: Herve, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

Fort Battice

1. View over the wide countryside – Fort Battice loop from Battice

2. Lanaye Lock – Albert Canal Towpath at Kanne loop from Aachen Hauptbahnhof

3. View of Aubel – Val-Dieu Abbey loop from Thimister

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