German army concrete fire point on the banks of the Ķegums HPP near Pludinātijai
Fortification
53
Located on a peninsula between Pludinātijai and the village of Latgali. As a result of wave erosion, the object has slipped from the shore slope to the current water level of the river. When the water level in the Ķegums HPP reservoir is higher, it is washed by the waters of the Daugava. When the water level is lower, it is completely dry. This is one of the fire points of the German army's World War I defense line on the left bank of the Daugava, which can be more or less traced along the entire length of the left bank of the Daugava. The aforementioned defense line is a large-scale military system that has not yet been fully evaluated as a single entity. The fire point can be seen well by taking a boat ride along the Ķegums HPP. The other option is to walk along a small path along the Daugava bank, which leads from the well-maintained beach “Spārītes”.
Related topics
Related stories
Efforts to prevent the explosion of the Ķegums HPP
During World War II, when the armies retreated, a large number of militarily and logistically important facilities in Latvia were blown up so that these resources would not be left for the enemy. Such facilities were also in the vicinity of Ķegums, where one of the most important facilities is the Ķegums HPP, which, thanks to the efforts and efforts of its employees, was not completely destroyed.