Vangede Battery

Vangede Battery

Vangede Battery (Danish: Vangede Batteri=, located in Vangede, Gentofte Municipality, os a former military structure and current park in the northn suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Vangede Battery was constructed in 1888 as part of Copenhagen's new ring fortification and was to guard the area between Lyngby Fort and GarderhøjFort. The structure was dug into a hill located just west of the village of Vangede. It was 350 metres long and had a crescent shape with a dry moat located in front of it. It contained a barracks building with four residential rooms for officers and private soldiers as well as a munition magazine. The battery was equipped with two 1+-trunk machine guns and nine 12 cm canons. ^[1]

The battery was decommissioned along with the rest of the fortifications in 1920. The casemate was later used by a now closed tin recycling plant.

Today

The northn and central part of the area has been converted into a public park by Gentofte Municipality while southern part of the area has been sold off and redeveloped with single-family detached homes. The casemate is now the site of a playground. The northern battery line is well-preserved and can be seen from Horsevej and Stolbergsvej.

References

↑ "Vangede Batteri". Gentofte Lokalhistoriske Arkiv (in Danish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.

External links

Gentofte Municipality
Neighbourhoods	Charlottenlund Gentofte Hellerup Jægersborg Klampenborg Ordrup Skovshoved Tuborg Havn Vangede
Streets and squares	Bernstorffsvej Dan Turèlls Plads Jægersborg Allé
Parks and open spaces	Bernstorff Park Bellevue Beach Park Forstbotanisk Have Charlottenlund Beach Park Gammelmose Gentofte Lake Hellerup Cemetery Mariebjerg Cemetery Vangede Battery
Culture and attractions	Bellevue Theatre Experimentarium Ordrupgaard Øregård Museum
Education	Bakkegårdsskolen Dyssegårdsskolen Munkegaard School Øregård Gymnasium Rygaards International School
Churches	Dyssegård Church Gentofte Church Hellerup Church Helleruplund Church Jægersborg Church Church of the Messiah Ordrup Church St. Andrew's Church St. Theresa's Church Skovshoved Church Vangede Church
Other landmarks	Bellavista Belvedere Belvedere Bernstorff Memorial Bernstorff Palace Charlottenlund Palace Emiliekilde Gammel Skovgård Gentofte Hospital Gentofte Town Hall Hvidøre Jægersborg Water Tower Ordrup Asyl Ræveskovsvej Water Tower Sølyst Søholm Søholm Row Houses
Sports	Charlottenlund Racetrack Gentofte BK Gentofte Sportspark Hellerup IK Klampenborg Racecourse Skovshoved IF
Railway stations	Bernstorffsvej station Gentofte station Jægersborg station Klampenborg Station Ordrup station Skodsborg Station

Coordinates: 55°45′03″N 12°30′51″E / 55.7508°N 12.5142°E / 55.7508; 12.5142

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