Casemate de Rountzenheim Nord

The Casemate de Rountzenheim Nord is a casemate of interval infantry of the Maginot Line. The casemate is in the town of Rœschwoog in France, behind the camping site, in the north of the railway.

For a broader discussion of the Haguenau sector of the Maginot Line, see Fortified Sector of Haguenau.

Casemate de Rountzenheim Nord
The back frontage and crenels
Type of work:Infantry casemate
sector
└─sub-sector		Secteur Fortifié de Haguenau
└─Sub-sector of Hoffen
Constructed:1932
Strength:15 troop men, a sous-officer and an officer

Description

The casemate is a simple flanking one, meaning that it has only one shooting room which is directed towards North. It has a gallery of underground connection to its neighbor, the Casemate de Rountzenheim Sud. It was built in 1932 to accommodate 15 troops, a warrant officer and an officer. Its dimensions on the overall ground are: 19×14 meters, for 7.5 meters height. The concrete flagstone measures 2 meters thickness and the external walls 2,25 meters for the exposed walls and 1 meter for the back walls.

The interior is organized on only one level, consisting of the following:

  • An entrance corridor
  • A rest room
  • A shooting room
  • A latrine
  • An access shaft to the underground gallery
  • A water reserve

Armament

For its closer defense, the casemate has two light machine guns of 7.5 mm and a cloche GFM, One machine gun located in protection of the entrance door, the other on the crenels of the shooting room and the diamant ditch.

In the shooting room, are two twinnings of machine-guns of 7.5 mm, one of them can be replaced in the event of need by an anti-tank gun of 37 mm.

A mortar of 50 mm can be adapted on the cloche GFM.

(in French) The casemate on the A.A.L.M.A. website

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