Vangede Battery

thumb|300px|Vangede Battery{{More citations needed|date=January 2024}} '''Vangede Battery''' (Danish: Vangede Batteri), located in Vangede, Gentofte Municipality, is a former military structure and current park in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

==History== Vangede Battery was constructed in 1888 as part of Copenhagen's new ring fortification and was to guard the area between Lyngby Fort and GarderhøjFort. The structure was dug into a hill located just west of the village of Vangede. It was 350 metres long and had a crescent shape with a dry moat located in front of it. It contained a barracks building with four residential rooms for officers and private soldiers as well as a munition magazine. The battery was equipped with two 1+-trunk machine guns and nine 12 cm canons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gentoftehistorie.gentofte.dk/da/Historier/Byguide/Vangede-Batteri|title=Vangede Batteri|language=da|website=Gentofte Lokalhistoriske Arkiv|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>

The battery was decommissioned along with the rest of the fortifications in 1920. The casemate was later used by a now closed tin recycling plant.

==Today== The northern and central part of the area has been converted into a public park by Gentofte Municipality while southern part of the area has been sold off and redeveloped with single-family detached homes. The casemate is now the site of a playground. The northern battery line is well-preserved and can be seen from Horsevej and Stolbergsvej.

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Category:Fortifications of Copenhagen Category:Buildings and structures in Gentofte Municipality Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1888 Category:1888 establishments in Denmark