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France, Charente-Maritime, Festung La Rochelle, L'Houmeau. (5)

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L'Houmeau.
AOK 1, KVA D, Festung La Rochelle, KVU Süd, KVGr Süd La Rochelle, Ro 207 Dieter.

Drive from the village of L'Houmeau towards the coast via the Rue de la Mer, where you will find some bunkers looking over the beach and coastline.

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1x 621 Group bunker.    
1x 680 Embrasured emplacement for 7.5cm anti-tank gun without annexes.
1x Tobruk58c.
1x Vf7b Ammuniton bunker, bomb-proof.

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L'Houmeau, park de Seminarie.
AOK 1, KVA D, Festung La Rochelle, KVU Süd, KVGr Süd La Rochelle, Ro 210 Seminarie.

In the park of the former seminar, some bunkers can be found. One of the nicest lies along the Rue de la Plage. It is a R627 with heavy steel canopy on top. The bunker can be seen from the street and entered via the park entrance around the corner.
When you enter the park there are still standing two Luftschutz bunkers. on your left hand in the bushes.

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1x 627 Artillery observation post with embrasure and roof canopy.
2x Air-raid shelter.

L'Houmeau.
AOK 1, KVA D, Festung La Rochelle, KVU Süd, KVGr Süd La Rochelle, Ro 211N Roland.

Between the village of L'Houmeau and La Plouziere, along the Avenue du Clavier lies this battery with 2x669 gun bunkers.
The bunkers lie partly on private property of the domain Bonnodeau, so check what is possible for a visit.

Types:
1x 610 Battle headquarters for strengthened company & battery officers.
4x 669 Embrasured emplacement for field gun (60º) without annexes.
1x Unknown bunker.
1x Remains.

L'Houmeau.
AOK 1, KVA D, Festung La Rochelle, KVU Süd, KVGr Süd La Rochelle, Fuel tanks.

Close to the village of L'Houmeau, along the D106 a former German fuel tank park with two huge tanks lie near a crossing. The tanks are surrounded by a concrete outer shell to protect them from bomb fragments or other explosives.

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2x Fuel tanks.

L'Houmeau.
AOK 1, KVA D, Festung La Rochelle, KVU Süd, KVGr Süd La Rochelle, OT Camp 5.

Between the village of L'Houmeau and Le Plouziere via the road called rue de la Rochelle/ Avenue du Clavier, lies a park with big trees and between those trees there are 16x Sk bunkers standing.
This is a former German OT Camp, (Organisation Todt labour camp) Here they located Sk bunkers for torpedo storage and other equipment, but also air raid shelters.
The bunkers have been built in several sizes, short and long one's and on one of the corners of the triangular shaped park stands a different Sk bunker.
All over the terrain you still see the original German roads connecting the bunkers.

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16x Sk torpedo/storage bunkers.