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Festung Pillau - German Coastal Battery

Second World War (1939-1945)

Baltiysk

Russia Kaliningradskaja oblast Baltiysk

Festung Pillau - German Coastal Battery #1

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Festung Pillau - German Coastal Battery #5

This reinforced German coastal battery was constructed during the Second World War and is largely intact.

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Source

Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: Wikimapia.org

Where is it?

54.620646, 19.864243

Nearby

Point of interest

Former Luftwaffe Airbase "Neutief" - Baltiysk: 0.8 km
Gun Turret T-34/76 Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 2.8 km
67mm Field Gun Mod. 1942 (ZiS-3) Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 2.8 km

Monument

Memorial Battle of Pillau (T-34/85 Tank) - Baltiysk: 5.6 km

Cemetery

Mass Grave Soviet Soldiers Vistula Spit 1945 - Baltiysk: 1.5 km
Soviet War Cemetery Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 2.9 km
German War Cemetery Pillau / Baltijsk - Baltiysk: 3.4 km

Fortification

Festung Pillau - German Observation Bunker Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 0.9 km
Festung Pillau - German Hospital Bunker Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 0.9 km
Festung Pillau - German Casemates Baltiysk - Baltiysk: 1.0 km

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