Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In 1942 the Luftwaffe established a small radar site at this location. Its purpose was the localisation of approaching enemy aircraft to the benefit of Flak units in the area. Protection against attack from enemy aircraft was offered by the presence of a Flak section. Initially, this section was equipped with 3 formidable 2cm Flakvierling guns, which would make an aerial attack on the site at low altitude fairly suicidal. However, from March 1943 onwards those guns were replaced by 3 far inferior Flak 3cm Kieslin guns, so that the site at this point was, in fact, felt to be under protected.
In 1943 the strongpoint was coded Widerstandsnest 135 “Duisburg”. In 1944, this was changed to Widerstandsnest 112 “Duisburg”.
Widerstandsnest “Duisburg” operated as an early-warning radar site for the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe radar unit was equipped with a Würzburg FuSE 62 (A). This early-warning radar was able to locate enemy aircraft as far out as 40 km, with an error margin of about 25 metres.
Strongpoint commander was Leutnant Lehnert of the III/3/leichte Reserveflakabteilung 765.
Nowadays the well-preserved site is exposed to the elements, which made the Germans based here surround the site with an incline or slope, which can still be seen today.
The bunker immediately to the east of the radar emplacement is well worth a visit. On the walls of this bunker, in which the radar contacts were processed, many German Reichsadler can still be discerned.
In 1942 the Luftwaffe established a small radar site at this location. Its purpose was the localisation of approaching enemy aircraft to the benefit of Flak units in the area. Protection against attack from enemy aircraft was offered by the presence of a Flak section. Initially, this section was equipped with 3 formidable 2cm Flakvierling guns, which would make an aerial attack on the site at low altitude fairly suicidal. However, from March 1943 onwards those guns were replaced by 3 far inferior Flak 3cm Kieslin guns, so that the site at this point was, in fact, felt to be under protected.
In 1943 the strongpoint was coded Widerstandsnest 135 “Duisburg”. In 1944, this was changed to Widerstandsnest 112 “Duisburg”.
Widerstandsnest “Duisburg” operated as an early-warning radar site for the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe radar unit was equipped with a Würzburg FuSE 62 (A). This early-warning radar was able to locate enemy aircraft as far out as 40 km, with an error margin of about 25 metres.
Strongpoint commander was Leutnant Lehnert of the III/3/leichte Reserveflakabteilung 765.
Nowadays the well-preserved site is exposed to the elements, which made the Germans based here surround the site with an incline or slope, which can still be seen today.
The bunker immediately to the east of the radar emplacement is well worth a visit. On the walls of this bunker, in which the radar contacts were processed, many German Reichsadler can still be discerned.
