Panzerwerk 722
Panzerwerk 722 was part of Werkgruppe York. Werkgruppe York lies north of Werkgruppe Gneisenau and south of Werkgruppe Scharnhorst. Panzerwerk 722 was built in 1938/ 1939, it was a three storey bunker.
The weaponry in Panzerwerk 722 was placed in one Sechsschartenturms 20P7, a metal machine gun post with six openings, used with specialized optics. This seemed to be the only top level defense for the Panzerwerk 722 was a smaller defensive position. Inside there is a close quarter defense position for a machine gun on the staircase. It once was connected to the tunnel system. It was blown up after the war, the damage is clearly visible.
Werkgruppe York
Although Panzerwerk 722 was quite small compared to its surrounding bunkers Werkgruppe York was a large group of strong points. Werkgruppe York was made up from; Panzerwerk 721, Panzerwerk 722, Panzerwerk 723, Panzerwerk 724, Panzerwerk 726, Panzerwerk 727, Panzerwerk 728, Panzerwerk 730. Artilleriewerk A8 West and Artilleriewerk A8 Ost. The train stations Bahnhof Cäsar, Bahnhof Dora, Bahnhof Emma, Bahnhof Martha, Bahnhof Nordpol and the main entrance A63 connected the Panzerwerke to the Holgangsytem (Eng. tunnelsystem).
Visit
The bunkers and tunnels are not open to roam freely. There is a serious hazard when you want to visit them without guides because the tunnels are 30 meter below the bunkers, a fall would cause serious injuries and worse. The bunkers and tunnels are a bat heaven, about 36.000 bats of different types live here.
