Casemate Esch

" Nestling on the edge of the village of Hatten, this captivating museum takes you back in time to relive its crucial role in the Maginot Line, the 1939-1940 campaign and the legendary battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen. "

Located in a Maginot Line pillbox on the edge of Hatten, the Museum tells the role of the casemate on the Line and in the 1939-40 campaign as well as in the fierce battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen in January 1945 – the last major tank confrontation in the Second World War, during which it was attacked first by the Germans and then by the Americans. Numerous pockmarks are still visible today.