German underground built in Hallines in 1943 (guided tour lasting about 40 min)

Name: Subterráneo Alemán construido en Hallines en 1943 (visita guiada duración aproximada 40 min)
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Souterrain Hallines

guided tour of an underground built by the organization TODT to arrange design offices for the German Engineering (special constructions ( V1, V2, V3)

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Stéphane MILAMON

Guided tour by group of 10 to 15 people (no booking, several guides will be available) duration of the tour about 40 min. entered 2€ adults, free for children acompanied, take a warm jacket, temperature 11 to 12 °C
Briefly the book could be described as follows:
Two large parallel galleries 30 metres apart, connected by 6 galleries 4 metres wide and having a height of 2.90m under the vault, only 3 bays were drilled and stoned.
These galleries were each divided into 8 offices and served by a corridor one meter wide.
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About the location

Souterrain Hallines

Rue de l'Eglise 62570

Pas-de-Calais
Hauts-de-France

1941, the German staff of Fortress 27 (Festung Pioneer Stab 27) settles in the castle of Paul Dambricourt, 600 m2 of study offices will be built in the park of the castle. Their goal is to work on the implementation of the bunkers of the coast and then, on the sites of the Special Weapons (V1, V2 and V3). In November 1943, the construction of a structure in the hill of the "Rouge –Mont" was decided to protect the personnel of the study service from the Allied bombardments. The work consists of a vast network of unfinished underground galleries, excavated in chalk on the site of an old quarry of the sixteenth century Entirely made of red bricks, The completed work should have consisted of 48 offices connected by 2 long parallel corridors. Guided tours only. A €2 contribution is requested from visitors to participate in the restoration of the site and payment of invoices:-)