75 years operation „NORTHWIND“
The forgotten offensive between Saare and Rhine
List of participants
Between Saar + Vosges
- Casemate Achen Nord: rue du Fort, F-57412 Achen, Saturday, 11.01.2020, 1:00 - 9:00 pm and Sunday, 12.01.2020, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm, visit of Casemate, exhibition „NORTHWIND“ in part Achen, Kalhausen, Singling (with documents, historic items and video projections) at the Mairie de Achen, 7 rue de Wiesviller, F-57412 Achen
- Fort Casso: Route départemantale 84, F-57410 Rohrbach-lès-Bitche, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, guided tour in historic uniforms, photo exhibition
- Ouvrage du Simserhof: Rue André Maginot, F-57410 Siersthal, Samstag, 11.01.2020 und Sonntag, 12.01.2020, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, above-ground inspection of the surface around the block 5
Western Palatinate
- West wall museum Fortification Gerstfeldhöhe, In der Litzelbach, D-66955 Pirmasens, Saturday, 11.01.2020, 1:00 - 5:00 pm, open tour 2:30 pm, special exhibition about operation „NORTHWIND“ in connection to fortification Gerstfeldhöhe
Vosges
- Espace Mémoire WW2: 57 rue St. Sébastian, F-57230 Bitche, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020, 2:00 - 6:00 pm, exhibition about battles during operation “NORTHWIND” in Bitscher Land
- Casemate de Dambach-Neunhoffen: 19 rue principale, F-67110 Dambach, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 2:00 – 5:30 pm, opening day, the Maginot line as part of the operation “NORTHWIND”
- Ouvrage du Four à Chaux: Route départemantale 65, F-67510 Lembach, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020, 2:30pm guided tours in German and French
Nord Alsace
- Fort de Schoenenbourg, Route du Commandant Reynier, F-67250 Hunspach, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020, 09:30 am - 11:00 am and 2:00 pm – 4 pm, opening day
- Casemate Rieffel, rue de l´herbe, F-67250 Oberroedern, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm, opening day, operation „NORTHWIND“ in Hatten - Rittershoffen
- Casemate Esch, Route de Seltz, F-67690 Hatten, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, „NORTHWIND“ all around the casemate, tour through casemate
South Palatinate
- Fortress Germersheim: D-76726 Germersheim: Saturday, 11.01.2020, 6:00 pm, speech: „The railway bridge of Germersheim“, further details to be followed by local press
- Westwall Museum Bad Bergzabern, Kurfürstenstraße 21, D-76887 Bad Bergzabern, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020, opening day 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Baden
- Regelbau 32 (hospital shelter): Ruchenstraße 9A, D-76706 Dettenheim-Rußheim, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, opening day
- Military History Museum Rastatt: Herrenstraße 18, D-76437 Rastatt, opening event 10.01.2020, speech „operation NORTHWIND – The forgotten offensive between Saar and Rhine“ and presentation of participants
- Regelbau 10: An der L 75 (bus stop Merceau), D-76437 Rastatt, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, guided tours through west wall bunker, exhibition about „NORTHWIND“
- History friends Rheinau-Freistett: D-77866 Rheinau-Freistett, speech 09.01.2020, further details followed by local press
- Camouflage bunker: Elsässer Straße 18, D-77694 Kehl-Neumühl, Sunday, 12.01.2020 opening day, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
- Museum bunker “Emilie”: Ulmenweg 6, D-77742 Neuried-Altenheim, Sunday, 12.01.2020, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, opening day, exhibition boards „NORTHWIND“ and „SOLSTICE“
North of Strasbourg
- Casemate Kilstett: rue de la Foret, F-67840 Kilstett, Saturday, 11.01.2020 and Sunday, 12.01.2020 and Saturday, 18.01.2020 and Sunday, 19.01.2020, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, opening day in cooperation with municipal Kilstett
- “Battlefield-Tour” in the area of the bridgehead Gambsheim, Saturday, 11.01.2020 (separate announcement follows)
The supervisors of each fortification reserve the right to change the opening hours depending on weather.
The organisers of the remembrance weekend “NORTHWIND” and single supervisor teams of fortifications exclude liability for any personal, material and financial damage before during and after the event. The participation in the remembrance weekend “NORTHWIND” will be at own risk.
We thank all partners of the remembrance weekend “NORTHWIND” for their support and the Musée de l’Abri in F-67690 Hatten for the possibility of holding the press conference remembrance weekend “NORTHWIND” on 07.01.2020.