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10.10.2010, Schoenenbourg, Alsace, France - (Built 1932-35) The artillery fortification of Schoenenbourg (gros ouvrage de Schoenenbourg) in Alsace is the easternmost part of the Maginot Line, a gigantic defensive line from the North Sea to the Mediterranean Sea with 58 major works. As planned, mostly underground fortifications were virtually impregnable, but already overtaken militarily on its completion, since it became clear that the war of position of the 1st World War should not be repeated. The Fortress Schoenenbourg had a garrison of occupation (620 men) and revealed in 1940 after the entry into force of the ceasefire. In 1965 gave the French army on the work and be in 1982 is held by a Franco-German association in state and is a tourist attraction. Photo: passage with supply pipes several floors below the artillery factory Schoenenbourg. 00A101010D116CAROE.JPG
