Bunker CS 13 Aywaille

This is bunker CS 13 of the 1st defense line of defence fot the city of Liège, La Position Fortifiée de Liège, PFL 1.

It is the 12th bunker in the sector 'Comblain-Sougné'. Because bunker CS 2 and CS 3 are located between bunker CS-A, and bunker CS 11 was never built, this is the 12 bunker.

The bunker lies on a bank close to Amblève and is completely overgrown. Only on the Amblèveside the bunker can still be recognized by its gunopening. Otherwise, it is almost unrecognizable due to overgrowth and no longer accessible.

The steel hatches for the gun opening are gone. Once the bunkers lost their strategic value for the Belgian army, all the steel was sold. The plots of land on which they stood were also sold. For this reason, they now often lie in backyards or in farmers' pastures and are privately owned.

The walls and ceilings of these bunkers are of 1.30 m reinforced concrete. They could withstand shells of 150 mm.

The bunkers of the PFL were built in the 1930s.

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Source

• Text: Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Ed Lewandowski
• La Position Fortifiée de Liège, Coenen & Vernier.