Bunker MN19

This is bunker MN 19 of the PFL 1, the 1st defense line of the ‘Position Fortifiée de Liège 1’.
MN refers to the sector ‘Les Margarins-Neufchâteau’ where it is the 19th of a total of 31 bunkers.

The bunker is located in a meadow where cows normally graze. The bunker is bricked up but can still be visited. Part of the entrance has been demolished.

As general information it can be mentioned that this bunker like most bunkers of the PFL are made of reinforced concrete and that they were built in the early 30s. The walls and ceiling are 1.30 m thick. They had to withstand shelling with 150mm shells. Only the walls at the rear are slightly less thick, because in principle they were not exposed to enemy fire.

When the bunkers lost their strategic value for the defense of Belgium after the war, the metal of the hatches and doors was sold as scrap metal. Most of the plots on which they stood were also sold. Bunker MN 19 now lies in a meadow.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Joost Verheijden (1, 2, 3), Ed Lewandowski (4, 5)