Hohenzollern Redoubt

Hohenzollern Redoubt
Part of First World War
France
Near Auchy-les-Mines, France
Map of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, October 1915
Hohenzollern Redoubt is located in France
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Coordinates50°29′54.29″N 02°46′29.71″E / 50.4984139°N 2.7749194°E / 50.4984139; 2.7749194
Site information
Controlled byGerman 6th Army
Site history
Built byWestheer
In use1915–1918
Battles/warsLoos, 1915

The Hohenzollern Redoubt (Hohenzollernwerk) was a strongpoint of the German 6th Army on the Western Front during the First World War, at Auchy-les-Mines near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Named after the House of Hohenzollern, the redoubt was fought for by German and British forces. Engagements took place from the Battle of Loos (25 September – 14 October 1915) to the beginning of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, including the action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in 1915 and the British Attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt from 2 to 18 March 1916.