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Møvik
Møvik or Møvig is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd and in the district of Voiebyen. It's located in the southeast part of the borough along the shore. It lies north of Spinneren and Krooden, southwest of Ternevig, and south of Voie. Møvik has the only junior high for the district of Voiebyen. The Kristiansand Cannon Museum Kristiansand Cannon Museum is a museum at Møvik, 8 kilometers west of the town centre of Kristiansand, Norway. The museum has collected authentic equipment from a former military installation. The name The coastal artillery fortress wa ... is located in the hills south of Møvik, near the Møvik fortress. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Movik Geography of Kristiansand Neighbourhoods of Kristiansand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kristiansand Cannon Museum
Kristiansand Cannon Museum is a museum at Møvik, 8 kilometers west of the town centre of Kristiansand, Norway. The museum has collected authentic equipment from a former military installation. The name The coastal artillery fortress was named Batterie Vara (MAB 6./502 Vara) by the Germans, when it was built by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was named after Major General Felix Vara, who was killed off Alderney in the English channel on 3 November 1941. After the war, the Norwegian Armed Forces named it Møvik Fort. History The fort was constructed between 1941 and 1944 by the German navy. Together with four other coastal batteries, it formed a part of the ''Kristiansand Artillery Group''. Together with its sister battery at Hanstholm in Denmark, Møvik Fort was built to obstruct Allied naval forces by blocking the Skagerrak strait and the seaways to Eastern Norway, the Kattegatt Bay, the Baltic Sea and the Baltic region for the allied naval forces. Only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |