Guided tour of the biggest Maginot book

Name: Guided tour of the biggest Maginot book
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Gros Ouvrage Maginot du Hackenberg

Discover the most extraordinary fortification of the 20th century aboard the train of History, located in the largest structure of the Maginot Line in the Hackenberg, designed to protect our borders a

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

11 € per adult and 6 € per child

Registration

Association Amifort

Discover the most extraordinary fortification of the 20th century aboard the train of history, located in the largest work of the Maginot Line at the Hackenberg, designed to protect our borders and our men in the aftermath of the largest butchery the world has ever known.
In the aftermath of the First World War, discover the modernism of the facilities built in 1929, visiting barracks, kitchens, factory, turret and artillery casemate and ammunition depots.
Part of the tour takes place aboard the electric train of the time, then discover the barracks, kitchens, factory, ammunition depot and battle blocks with their powerful artillery turrets, to understand the last world war.

About the location

Gros Ouvrage Maginot du Hackenberg

Route militaire, 57920 Veckring

Moselle
Grand Est

The Hackenberg is a fortification part of the Maginot Line. It is a large artillery structure, composed of a total of nineteen blocks on the surface, connected to each other by kilometers of underground galleries. Built between 1929 and 1935, it was spared the fighting of June 1940, before being reused by the Germans and served in the fighting of November 1944 against American troops. Repaired at the beginning of the Cold War, it is now a museum. It is one of the most powerful works of the Maginot line: only the work of the Hochwald in northern Alsace is comparable to it. In an underground universe, the period installations are presented in working order, from the ammunition store to the power station, through the barracks with its kitchens and infirmary reconstituted identically. An exit on the top of the structure allows to observe a turret in operation.