This Marine Küstenbatterie (M.K.B), or naval coastal battery, of the German Kriegsmarine was part of Stützpunktgruppe (Stp.Gr.) Løkken of the Atlantic Wall during World War Two. Construction of the battery started in January 1943, in the dunes along the beach at Furreby, north of the small fishing town Løkken, together with that of battery Løkken Süd at Kettrup Bjerge for the defense of the bay of Jammerbugten. These batteries formed part of the Marineartillerieabteilung (M.A.A.) 509, or naval artillery section 509, together with the batteries at Aalbaek and Skagen on the Danish northern coast.
Battery Løkken Nord became operational on February 6th 1943, armed with four 12 cm Danish naval guns, taken from the “Flakfortet” fortress island which was part of the Danish defences of Copenhagen, and placed in concrete open gun emplacements. But because these guns had a limited range of around 9 km, they were replaced by German 12.7 cm S.K. C/34 naval guns in early 1944 which had a range of more than 17 km.
Between early 1943 and 1944 the Stützpunkt was further strengthened with the addition of heavy bunkers for personnel shelter, ammunition storage, a fire control post and search lights. MG-positions and mine fields were added for close quarters defence. The 12.7 cm guns were housed in regelbau M 272 gun casemates, providing better protection against Allied naval and air attacks.
Visit
Although the coastal battery was built in the dunes behind the beach during World War Two, erosion of the coastline over the years has caused the dunes to recede for 90 meters, leaving the bunkers on the beach and slowly slip into the sea.
You can visit the bunkers on the beach freely.
