It is actually the Morsalines battery (6/1261) that was positioned near La Pinoterie (one can indeed see a Route de la Pinoterie on Google Map, it borders the battery to the southwest). This location was mentioned first in the big book "Album Memorial Atlantikwall 1940-1944 by Alain Chazette, edited in 1984 at Editions Heimdal, a book that was the bible of bunkerarcheologists for a long time and from which many maps of batteries were taken and reproduced in sites about the Atlantikwall for several decades. This information was again mentioned by Alain Chazette in its 1989 book at Editions Heimdal, 1944: Le Mur de l'Atlantique en Normandie.Manuferey wrote: ↑17 Dec 2022 16:26Hi Patrick,pvv8 wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022 17:01On multiple websites I read that HKB Pernelle I ( La Pernelle ) was also called by the Germans "La Pinoterie " has somebody proof of that ?
Because I find that strange, the word has something to do with wine / grapes and also not frequently used in French, I think...
Patrick
C'est la batterie de Morsalines (6./1261) qui était installée près du lieu dit La Pinoterie (on peut d'ailleurs voir la route La Pinoterie sur Google Map, elle longe la batterie au sud-ouest). Cette localisation fut énoncée au départ dans le gros livre Album Memorial Atlantikwall 1940-1944 d'Alain Chazette, paru en 1984 aux Editions Heimdal, livre qui fut longtemps la bible des bunkerarchéologues et dont les cartes des batteries furent reprises pendant plusieurs décades dans les sites sur l'Atlantikwall. L'information a été reprise ensuite par Alain Chazette dans son livre de 1989, toujours aux Editions Heimdal, 1944: Le Mur de l'Atlantique en Normandie.
Par ailleurs, je pense que Pinoterie vient plutôt du nom propre Pinot qui aurait été celui du propriétaire de la ferme qui donne sur la route de la Pinoterie il y a longtemps.
Emmanuel
Separately, I think that Pinoterie comes instead from the last name Pinot , which could have been the last name of the owner of the farm which borders the route de la Pinoterie long time ago.
Emmanuel