Ouvrage Immerhof

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Ouvrage Immerhof is a small Maginot Line fortification near Thionville in northeastern France, built to defend the French border with Germany before World War II.

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Ouvrage Immerhof canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maginot Line ouvrage
fortification
builtBy Commission d’Organisation des Régions Fortifiées
builtFor defense of the French border with Germany
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
constructionEnd early 1930s
constructionStart late 1920s
country France
currentUse museum
designedToResist artillery fire
infantry assault
era interwar period
garrisonedBy French Army
hasAccess underground entry
hasFeature anti-tank gun embrasures
casemates
combat blocks
machine gun embrasures
observation cloches
underground galleries
hasFunction border surveillance
infantry support
hasMaterial deep excavation
reinforced concrete
steel
heritageDesignation local historical monument
languageOfName French
locatedIn Grand Est
Moselle
Thionville
northeastern France
near Hettange-Grande
Luxembourg border
openToPublic true
operator French Armed Forces
surface form: French military (historical)
partOf Fortified Region of Metz
Fortified Sector of Thionville
Maginot Line
status preserved
strategicRole covering approaches to Thionville
supporting neighboring ouvrages on the Maginot Line
terrain forested area near Thionville
type petit ouvrage
usedDuring Battle of France
World War II

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Fortified Sector of Thionville hasPart Ouvrage Immerhof