Unfinished Group Shelter Lekdijk
The Dutch group shelters of type P, part of the New Dutch Water Line, were designed as a shelter by shelling and bombing, if the trenches between the shelters did not give enough coverage. The principle was based on the fights in the First World War.
The group shelters were build in 1939-1940. A number of these were not completed yet with the outbreak of the Second World War. The build of these were not finished.
These personnel bunkers were called 'Pyramids' by the Germans, because of their shape.
Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Fedor de Vries
Nearby
Museum
- Water Line Museum Bunnik - Bunnik
- Sky of Hope WW2 & Aviators Museum - Acquoy
- Military Tradition Museum 't Schilderhuis - Driebergen-Rijsenburg
Point of interest
- Firing Range Werk aan het Spoel - Culemborg
- German Radar-station Gorilla - Schoonrewoerd
- Fort het Hemeltje - Fort Guard House - Houten
Monument
- Memorial Stone War Victims Schalkwijk - Schalkwijk
- Memorial of the Schalkwijk Resistance - Schalkwijk
- Memorial of Jewish residents - Culemborg
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Grave (Protestant Churchyard) - Schalkwijk
- Commonwealth War Grave Roman Catholic Churchyard - Schalkwijk
- Dutch War Grave Schalkwijk - Schalkwijk
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Hoge Dorp 11 (now De Loentjes 11) - Culemborg
- Stumbling Stone Kattenstraat 17 - Culemborg
- Stumbling Stones Herenstraat 7 - Culemborg
Fortification
- Unfinished Group Shelter Lekdijk - Schalkwijk
- Group Shelter Type P Lekdijk - Schalkwijk
- Group Shelter Type P Werk aan de Groeneweg - Schalkwijk
Crash site
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright