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The De Beer project |
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After I started the Hanstholm project in 2008 and on the hunt for bunker information, I found a very good Dutch forum: http://www.fortificatieforum.nl/. wandering around in the huge "library" as that is I found another interesting WW2 relict: the German fortification of the nature reserve De Beer just under the city of Rotterdam at the mouth of the "Nieuwe Waterweg". A new 3D project was born. Some short history: During the second world war the German occupation in Holland started to fortify a triangular piece of the nature and bird reserve at the sea coast with an unic set of bunkers. The location was at the opposite side of "Hoek van Holland" and directly against the "Nieuwe Waterweg". The main entrance to the port of Rotterdam. An unic set of bunkers because they partly where integrated in the sea wall defense. It was "one pearls" in the chain of the atlantikwall. The only problem I faced was that the whole area around 1957 was transformed into the "Maasvlakte". A huge complex of factories, chemical installations and sea ports. So all the WW2 relict's where demolished which in fact made the whole site more tantalizing. But there is a Dutch bunker archive. After WW2 the Dutch government set up an archive of all the bunkers build and most important, made drawings of them. So all the bunkers where measured and have their own drawing. So now the hunt for drawings was started ! Lucky for me, some guys on the fortification forum liked my 3D models and helped with the drawings they already had found in the archive. That was good news and a big THANK YOU is in place. The only problem is that the archive was moved several times as well as that the register wasn't kept up to date. So searching and finding information is hard. The logo:
As a bird nature reserve the area was well documented on the internet when you like birds. But nobody was interested in the legacy of the second world war.
In 1936, far before the war, Simon de Waard wrote some articles about the birds in the reserve. One of them was called
"Een novemberdag op De Beer", A November day on De Beer and was illustrated by Anton van den Oord. I liked the header and changed this drawing
a little to match my passion: "Een bunker op De Beer", a bunker on the Beer.
So far the intro now the 3D models. I will use the BRV coding, Dutch description as well as the German regelbau types. A62 Ingang / tankmuren, entry is a simple steel double door, anti tank walls and a "Walzkörperspere" with a Tobruk at each side and a lot of barb wire. ![]() ![]() ![]() A01 Gevechtsschuilplaats met mitrailleurkoepel 644. ![]() ![]() A06 Munitiedepot 246 ![]() A07 Waterbergplaats 659. ![]() A08 5cm Mortierbunker. ![]() ![]() A09 Flakbunker. ![]() A10 Woonschuilplaats. ![]() ![]() A11 - A30 Toiletgebouw. ![]() ![]() A12 Paardenstal ![]() ![]() A14 Bergplaats. ![]() ![]() A16 Kanonkazemat met gevechtsschuilplaats ![]() A17 Onderkomen voor twee keukens ![]() A18 Gevechtsschuilplaats 610 ![]() ![]() A22 -A23 Gevechtsschuilplaats 501 ![]() ![]() A24 Gevechtsschuilplaats 501, met aanbouw tegen de AT muur ![]() ![]() A25 MG kazemat 630B ![]() ![]() A29 Waterbergplaats 658 ![]() A31 Houten woonschuilplaats ![]() ![]() ![]() A32 - A42 Kanonkazemat / gevechtsschuilplaats M176 + 622 ![]() ![]() ![]() A33 Woonschuilplaats ![]() A38 Grote verbandplaats ![]() ![]() A49 Kleine verbandplaats ![]() ![]() 24cm geschut van hms Hertog Hendrik, voor batterij Brandenburg (in uitvoering) ![]() Wordt vervolgd ... Updates: 02/10/16 |