{"id":8029,"date":"2019-07-11T11:57:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T08:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/place\/remaining-fortifications-the-jachmann-or-memel-sud\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:40:52","slug":"remaining-fortifications-the-jachmann-or-memel-sud","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/place\/remaining-fortifications-the-jachmann-or-memel-sud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jachmann Coastal Battery \u2013 Traces of Military Architecture by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Smiltyn\u0117, near Kopgalis, coastal defensive fortifications from the World War II \u2013 the <em><i>Jachmann<\/i><\/em>\u00a0Battery (or <em><i>Memel S\u00fcd<\/i><\/em>), named after Eduard von Jachmann, German Vice Admiral, still stand. The place was a strategic defence point that protected the sea approaches and the entrance to the port.<\/p>\n<p>The construction began in the spring of 1939. It was planned to equip the battery with four 150 mm SKL-45 naval guns, however, they remained mounted on temporary concrete platforms, as the armament was never fully installed. The two-storey bunker built next to it served as a fire control station.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, it was believed that the battery did not survive, however, its traces are still visible like silent witnesses of the war merged with the coastal conformation.<\/p>\n<p>The concrete fortifications hidden among pine trees and dunes attract history enthusiasts, researchers of military architecture and random passers-by. There are no information stands or paths installed \u2013 only wind, sand and silence, allowing you to feel the authentic atmosphere of the era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4116,"menu_order":859,"template":"","format":"standard","place-category":[208],"restoranu-kategorija":[],"class_list":["post-8029","place","type-place","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","place-category-places-to-visit"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/8029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/place"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place\/8029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"place-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place-category?post=8029"},{"taxonomy":"restoranu-kategorija","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restoranu-kategorija?post=8029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}