Bunkerpictures - Datasheet Moerdijk

Moerdijk, Moerdijkbruggen northside, Willemsdorp.
Dutch Defence line 1940, Vesting Holland - Zuidfront, Moerdijk I (Willemsdorp I)
WBN, KVA Dordrecht, Stp.Gr. Moerdijk, Autobahn-Nord, Bpt. 95.

The get to this location close to the bridges over Het Hollandsch Diep, called "de Moerdijkbruggen", on the highway A16 from Rotterdam towards Breda you take the exit to 's-Gravendeel.
Find your way to the "Polder Oudendijk". Via the "Rijksstraatweg" parallel to the highway in southern direction.
Halfway at the end you find on your rightside a Dutch Pyramide bunker standing on the slope of a dyke. When you drive further on you will get a turn right, because straight on goes a cycling path. Then along the waterside where a parking place starts, lies a Tobruk. When you go to the second parking place behind an installation, you will find a other Tobruk. In this area there are some St bunker standing on private property. When you go further on, you will find a Dutch Pyramide bunker standing at the gate to the marina.

Types:
1x 501 Group bunker.
2x 502 Twin group bunker. (9508 excavated in 2013)
2x Tobruk58c.
1x Fa storage with annex.
2x Dutch Pyramide group shelter.

Moerdijk, Moerdijkbruggen southside, Lage Zwaluwe.
Dutch Defence line 1940, Vesting Holland - Zuidfront, Moerdijk.
WBN, KVA Dordrecht, Stp.Gr. Moerdijk, Eisenbahn-Süd, Bpt. 98.

Close the south side of the Moerdijk bridge, where the Zwaluwsedijk passes under the railroad and the highway , a Dutch and German bunker are situated.
From here you follow the Zwaluwsedijk to the east and after 2km's a former Dutch, combined with German elements, tank wall/obstacles position can be found. The elements are placed into the slope of the dike and goes on on both sides.
The next road to the south-east is the Dirk de Botsdijk and just outside the village of Lage Zwaluwe lies an other tank wall/obstacles. From here you can also see that the the waterways in the area where also a part of the tank defence line.
Drive an other 500 meters over the Dirk de Botsdijk to the south-west and in the meadow, on a dyke and surrounded with some trees a nice German tank wall (Panzermauer) is situated, "Sperre 131".

Types:
1x 621 Group bunker
1x Dutch MG-casemate.
3x Tank wall/obstacles, Dutch and German. (Sperre 120, 131, 132)

Moerdijk, Moerdijkbruggen northside, bridge.
Dutch Defence line 1940, Vesting Holland - Zuidfront, Moerdijk II (Willemsdorp II)
WBN, KVA Dordrecht, Stp.Gr. Moerdijk, Eisenbahn-Nord, Bpt. 97.

The get to this location close to the bridges over Het Hollandsch Diep, called "de Moerdijkbruggen", on the highway A16 from Rotterdam towards Breda you take the exit to 's-Gravendeel.
Find your way to the "Polder Oudendijk". Via the "Rijksstraatweg" parallel to the highway in southern direction. After a few kilometres you have to go to the left and cross the highway by viaduct into the direction of the bridges and bunkers.
Be aware that some of the bunkers lie behind fences belonging to the national railway company, and when they see persons behind the fence the police will come to pick you up!

This location and the other around these bridged where in 1904 and in 1944 of great strategic importance for both parties. It is a pity that so many bunkers are demolishes after the war for economic and traffic developments in the area.

Types:
1x 622 Twin group bunker.
1x Tobruk for flamethrower.
>10 Dutch Pyramide group shelter.
1x Dutch B-kazemat (Rivier kazemat), flanking fire, used by the Germans as a PAK bunker.
1x Dutch VIS-kazemat gun, with a German Flak emplacement on top.

Excavated R502 bunker in Willemsdorp.

In November 2012 I got information that the location of a "as demolished marked" 502 personnel bunker had been found. Arrangements were made with the property owner about how the bunker could be excavated and maybe used. The location is situated on a holiday park with cabins and houses.
They started to open up the place by cutting down a lot of trees and bushes, growing over the location. The bunker was closed for about 25 years or more and was used in the past as a disco on a camping. When they opened the bunker in 2013, there was about 40cm water inside and a lot of sand and rubbish in the corridors.
When the outside was cleaned and more sand and earth had been removed, they discovered by surprise that there was a 2cm Flak emplacement (probably) situated on the roof of the bunker. The emplacement is still in good shape and on the edges there are still some numbers used for indicating the "firing section". This 502 personnel bunker has also a covered corridor over the whole front with the original German bunker number still visible 502 - 9508. A small roof over one of the exits, is added after the war.
The bunker contains two emergency exits, but only one is completed with the outside semi-circle brick wall. Probably the other hasn't been built.

ATTENTION:
The terrain is on private property and you have to ask permission at the reception, before you may enter !
You need also permission of the official users of the bunker now it is open !