Fjell festning

Norsk bokmål: Fjell festning, Fjell kommune, Sotra i Hordaland. Tyskbygget kystfort fra 2. verdenskrig.

English: Fjell Fortress, Fjell municipality, Sotra island, Hordaland county, Norway. German costal defence, built during WWII.

Deutsch: MKB Fjell, Batterie Fjell, Festung Fjell - Sotra Insel, Hordaland in Norwegen.

Numbers in brackets indicates the year the picture was taken.

Older images edit

(28 cm Schnell-Lade-Kanone Constructionsjahr 34, in Drehscheibenlafette Construktionsjahr 34)

Photo from 1963, showing the tower and the three 28 cm cannons. (1963)
Photo from 2007, taken from roughly the same angle - the gun is gone, and trees and bushes have grown since 1963. (2007)
One of the gun barrels being unloaded in Bergen before shipment to Sotra. (1942/43)
Merged image of the two previous. (1963/2007)
The «Magnet-umlader» (magnetic reloader) from the SK C/34 gun.
The «munitionsaufzug» (ammunition lift), designed for the armored turret.

A S446 Leitstand. Home for a large direction- and rangefinder, meant to direct the SK C/34 guns.

Several high ranking officers visited Fjell festning in 1943 - in this picture General Falkenhorst, General colonel Onodera (Japanese Military Attaché to Sweden) and several others can be seen. (1943)
Same officers, different setting - they are now just beside the triple gun, which can be seen in the background. (1943)

Remains of the POW-camp at Horebotn, Krossleitet. This is possibly a support on which the barracks was built. (2007)
Remains of the POW-camp at Horebotn, Krossleitet. This is possibly a support on which the barracks was built. (2007)

The building built on top of the old gun emplacement, to prevent rain entering the main tunnel system. (2005)
The gun emplacement, as it looked in mid-2004. This was before the building shown on the previous picture was constructed. The piles of steel in front is old armour plating from the gun turret. (2004)
The old armour plating, as it looked mid-2007. (2007)
Old armour plating, same as previous picture. (2006)

R633-bunker (M-19 automatic mortar) in the front, and in the background a S446 (commando-bunker) can be seen (with the black "stub" on top).
Drawing of the S446 at Fjell.
A Rs58, ringstand for machine gun, flame-thrower and an observation post. This particular Rs was used for MG.
R633, housing the infamous M-19 Maschinengranatenwerfer.
Rs61a, mortar emplacement. (2007)
Rs 58, MG/observation/flame-thrower. (2007)

Inside a copula for M19 Maschinengranatenwerfer. This was placed in R633 bunkers.
German oven, used for heating and cooking. (2006)

Guten morgen! painted at a bunker wall, where the crews slept and lived during exersises and when on alert/watch. (2006)
A painted boy, looking lonesome and thoughtful - this painting is also inside one of the bunkers. (2006)
"Der wirkliche Deutsche findet seine Befriedigung und sein Bekenntnis zur deutschen Ehre im Dienst am Vaterland" (2007)

88 mm SK C/30, anti-aircraft (flak) gun, used at Fjell Fortress. This gun is on display at the site. (2005)
105 mm SK C/32 anti-aircraft (flak) gun, used at Fjell Fortress. This gun is on display on the site. (2005)
Flak-emplacement, probably 88 mm (?) (2007)

A German fence post from WWII. This particular post could accomondate up to four rows of barbed wire, which hang on the “holes” made by bending the post. (2007)
Several German fence posts, placed alongside a hill to prevent enemy troops entering. This was in the outskirts of the fortress "Torden Felix", and would, when operational, be surrounded by minefields in addition to the barbed wire in several rows. (2007)
Exit from the tunnels, and a trench going past it. (2007)

A shrapnel from a 80 mm mortar shell for Wurfgranate 34 (Wgr 34), designed for standard medium mortar Granatenwerfer 34 (Grw 34). (2004)