Guided discovery of the Grand Lot Casemate

Name: Guided discovery of the Grand Lot Casemate
Start: 2021-09-19T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-19T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Casemates

Discover a casemate built in the 1930s.

Sunday 19 September 2021, 08:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Guided tours in small group from 8am to 5pm as visitors arrive.

©Michel Teiten, sous licence Creative Commons

Discover a casemate built in the 1930s.

The casemate was commissioned in 1940 by Lieutenant Klein. The West firing chamber covered with its fires the D 58 road which connects the villages of Angevillers and Escherange towards the West and the block 9 of the GO of Rochonvillers (we can see block 9 from the west bell of the casemate). The East firing chamber covered the casemate of Escherange Ouest. You will also discover a refueling track (Renault UE1) restored.

About the location

Casemates

D58, 57330 Escherange

Moselle
Grand Est

The casemates, like that of the Grand Lot or Petersberg, are concrete blocks with a firing chamber and a basement ensuring the continuity of the fires between two more imposing structures. In Escherange, they are located in a bucolic setting, where a walk can take you to the ruins of the old church (Alte Kirch), or to small exceptional military heritage, like an old buried tank!