Batterie Lothringen Visit

About Batterie Lothringen

Noirmont is a headland which is based in Saint Brelade and is the site which holds ‘Batterie Lothringen’. It is a substantial part of the headland and is a large part of the Island’s war memorial, this being because Jersey was occupied by the Germans for five years and the bunkers at Noirmont are a showing of what the war conditions were like. Most people visit the headlands is to view these restored bunkers and gun replacements.

Day at Batterie Lothringen

On the 6th of June i took an independent visit to Noirmont site to explore the bunker sites with are known as ‘Batterie Lothringen’. The reasoning carrying out an extra shoot is because my previous shoot to Battery Moltke it was very rainy and cloudy which made the image not very appealing and i did not get many images as i didn’t want to ruin my camera in the rain. However, on this visit particular visit it was great weather and therefore i was comfortable enough to take many images of the bunkers which had the most historical content, best photographic features, as well as having lots of historical features.

This was not a guided tour but there were different maps around the site to inform you on the bunkers which were around, as well as information sheets about each bunker, making it very easy to get around as well as informative. Due to this not being a guided tour there was no access into the bunkers themselves, restricting images, although i do think i got good images of the bunkers themselves from the outside.

Batterie Lothringen Facts

The costal tower at the foot of Noirmont is called ‘Tour de Vinde’ and was built when the French invasion was at its peak in 1810-1814.
The Germans started to build defense installations at Noirmont in 1941.
The main bunker in the site is 40 feet long, has two floors and has been restored for viewing.
The bunker has been restored to very high standards and proves to be a unique insite to the German military engineering.
Batterie Lothringen was the only German Naval coastal artillery battery to be established in Jersey during the Occupation.
This site cost the States of Jersey £8,800 and was bought so that the history of WWII soldiers could be kept.