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    The Fortification of Copenhagen     1880-1920             
         

 

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Maps and Overview
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Fortification overview

Historic      
     
Defence of Copenhagen
      
The Persons behind
      
The  Mobilisation 1914
     
German Attack ??

     
The Northern Defence Line
      
The Forts
     
The Batteries
     
The Floodings
      The Positions


The Naval and Coastal Forts
      
The 1. Defence Line
      
The 2. Defence Line
      
The 3. Defence Line


The Southern Defence Line
     
The Principles
    
The Profile
     T
he Caponiere
    
The Batteries
    
The Storing Facilities
 

The Tune Position
       A New Kind of War
       The Air War
      
The Position
      
The Mosede Fort

      
The Foxholes
      
The Galleries
      
The Trenches     
      
The Artillery
      
The Air Defence    
      
The Camps and Barracks
      
Other Facilities
      
Map
      
After WW I
       The Present Remains

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  The Naval Forts and Coastal Batteries

Copenhagen got a coastal defence line of three lines

The third and outer line consisted of:

The coastal fort "Taarbaek Fort"
The coastal fort "
Flak Fort"
The coastal batteries "
Barakke Battery" and "Saltholms Battery"
The coastal fort
"Dragør Fort"
The coastal battery "
Kongelunds Battery" (Later mentioned as a fort)
The coastal battery
"Mosede Battery" (Later mentioned as a fort)

 

    
 
  The Taarbaek Fort. Aften the Fort was given up, it was covered by
                  300 000 tons og earth. History disapeared forever.