Discovery of the Maginot Aquatic Line
Discover the defensive flood system implemented on the Maginot line between Hoste and Wittring in 1939 and the battles that took place there in June 1940.
18 and 19 September 2021Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
©Philippe Keuer
Discover the defensive flood system implemented on the Maginot line between Hoste and Wittring in 1939 and the battles that took place there in June 1940.
On the program:
- Free visit of the siphon room on the dike of the pond of Hoste-Bas. Discover the only automatic control system by siphons still existing today.
- Technical explanations of the defensive flood system called today the «Aquatic Maginot Line».
- Evocation of the fighting of May-June 1940.
- Free visit of the blockhouse of defense of the dike.
- Possibility of hiking (3 kilometers) around the pond of Hoste-Bas.
