Liepāja coastal artillery battery No. 2
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Among the many objects of Liepāja Karosta, Liepāja coastal artillery battery No. 2 is still the most mysterious place in Liepaja. In battery no. 2, the ammunition depots of the troops of the various existing powers were always installed.
Liepaja Fortress Battery No. 2 was built further from the coastline and was protected by a high rampart. The batteries were armed with 16 11-inch (280 mm) mortars of the 1877 model. After the fortress was dismantled, ammunition warehouses were set up here. Due to the danger of explosions, the territory was closed to the public and guarded for 130 years, but now there is an exposition about the activities of the 1st Kurzeme Division Headquarters in the years 1919-1940s, as well as photo evidence of the 1st Liepāja Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Ventspils Infantry Regiment and the Kurzeme Artillery. regiment.
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Unikalaus karinio objekto Karostoje istorija
Jau daug metų nepastebėjau, kad Senosios Liepojos gyventojai domėtųsi unikaliomis vietomis, esančiomis vos aštuonių – dešimties kilometrų į šiaurę nuo miesto centro. Tačiau miško tankmėje, kopų pakrantėje ar pelkių takeliuose pasislėpusios Karostos istorinės vietos – ne mažiau įdomūs istoriniai faktai ir istorijos, vertos seniai pamirštų legendų. Viena iš jų – buvusi SSRS 23-ioji pakrantės artilerijos baterija – bus šios istorijos tema.
Karosta - German He-111 landing place in 1939 on the beach of Liepaja
On 11 September 1939, a German Henkel He-111 bomber was raiding Polish cities when it went off course at night and made an emergency landing on Liepāja beach. This event is recounted in the memoirs of Vilis Zobens, a Liepaja resident and a liaison company officer of the Kurzeme Division. The landing site is not marked in nature. The approximate coordinates are N 56.59368° E 21.01598° - on the beach near the Northern Forts.
About the cannons of Liepāja fortress
In the northern part of the fortress was located one of the four coastal defence batteries, Battery No.1, but at the time of the fortress's liquidation its armament was not fully installed.