Wotan Stellung

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Wotan Stellung is a German First World War fortified line, surveyed by the Inventaire général of the Hauts-de-France region (survey carried out in 2016, report written in 2017) at Santes, along the Deûle between Haubourdin and Bauvin. It comprised two to four lines of trenches, mainly to the south, and concrete works about 900 m further back, along former meanders of the Deûle; many have an L-shaped plan. The study mentions the presence at Santes of the 38 cm SKL/45 gun ‘Langer Max’, whose gun pit is said to have been filled in between the two world wars. According to the study, the position served more for billeting and command than for strategic withdrawal. The whole is in poor condition and overgrown with vegetation, and the file mentions no historic monument protection. It is not a château in the strict sense.