Ouvrage Denting

Ouvrage Denting
Part of Maginot Line
Northeast France
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Location
Ouvrage Denting
Coordinates49°12′08″N 6°32′34″E / 49.20222°N 6.54278°E / 49.20222; 6.54278
Site history
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, deep excavation
Battles/warsBattle of France
Ouvrage Denting
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of Boulay
└─Tromborn
Work number:A28
Regiment:161st Fortress Infantry Regiment (RIF)
Strength:2 officers, 127 men

Ouvrage Denting is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line. Part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay, the ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks, and is located between petits ouvrages Bovenberg and Village Coume, near the village of Denting in Moselle département, facing Germany. The position saw little action in World War II.