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FORTIFICATION BUILDINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR: BLINDAGES OF TILŽE DEFENSE LINES IN TILŽE FOREST

This armor is called the second armor of Tilžė. There are a total of 3 armories in the Tilžė forest, which are registered in the Register of Cultural Values (kultūros vertybių registras) . These armors are part of the positional front system of the German-Russian armies of the First World War. From this armory, 300 meters to the northeast is the first armory of Tilžė (coordinates 55.666338, 26.565696), 100 meters to the southeast - the third armory of Tilžė (coordinates 55.663403, 26.566438).

A blindage is a battlefield hiding place to protect yourself from powerful fire strikes. All hideouts were built according to a typical scheme, only the sizes of the barrels differed. Buildings were usually adapted to the terrain and dug into the hill or ditches. Blindage is a type of a fortification.

Fortification structures are separate, but independent structures connected to trenches with increased resistance to fire. They can be active and passive. Passive buildings are not designed for active defense. This is the main form of fortification , providing conditions for protecting soldiers and ammunition from destruction by artillery fire. Passive structures are hiding places for temporary shelter of soldiers, shelters, command posts of battalions and regiments, ammunition storage, toilets, wells, etc. Command posts differ from hiding places intended for soldiers by observation posts (domes), they were equipped with several rooms. Active structures usually have observation and firing openings - embrasures. They can be used for frontal, curling trajectory and flanking fire.

Material used in the stand:

Valdas Rakutis , Titas Tamkvaitis "First World War Research Study";

Vladimir Orlov "Fortification of the 20th century in Lithuania".

This information stand has been prepared with the financial support of the European Union. Zarasai Tourism and Business Information Center is responsible for the content of this stand. Under no circumstances can it be assumed that it reflects the opinion of the European Union.

This informational stand was created under the Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014-2020, with financial support from the European Union for Project No. LLI-501 "Creation of the World War I Heritage Route and Exhibition to attract visitors to the border area" (WWI ROUTE). The project aims to attract visitors to the border region of Lithuania and Latvia by utilizing World War I heritage sites located in the Aukšdaugava and Zarasai districts, which are relatively well-preserved on both sides of the eastern Lithuania-Latvia border. Total project financing amounts to 731,449.50 euros, including 85% funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERAF) amounting to 621,732.07 euros.