Historical Information

The defense of Koudekerke, Stp. Kolberg 

The Landfront was set up as a linear defense, that is to say a zigzag-running anti-tank ditch with casemates behind it that could cover the front of the line. The defense was primarily conducted by machine gun casemates.

Koudekerke, referred to by the Germans as Stützpunkt Kolberg, was defended by five machine-gun casemates (type 623 and 630) and three artillery bunkers (type 631 and 625) with anti-tank guns. The gun casemates had a firing field over the Middelburgsestraat and the old Provinciale weg.