Kilchlidossen artillery plant
The artillery plant Kilchlidossen (army designation A 2261) is a former casemate plant on the western flank of the Bürgenstock in Stansstad , Canton Nidwalden in Switzerland . The fortress is located at an altitude of 520 m above sea level. M. in the rock next to the Stansstad – Bürgenstock road.
Construction of the three-story plant began in June 1941. It was ready to fire in September 1942 and was taken over by Fortress Guard Company 15 in June 1943. The first part of the entrance tunnel is accessible by truck. The plant had a lift. The entrance behind the camouflage was lockable with a massive concrete gate (tilt gate). The construction costs amounted to around CHF 1,000,000.
During the Second World War, the fortress had four 12 cm field howitzers 1912/39 L14 on lever mounts . The fire sector primarily extended into the narrow area of Stansstad, the transition over the Renggpass , onto Lopperstrasse and into the Hergiswil area.
Further armament included two 24 mm tank rifles (TB), four fortress machine guns (Mg) 11, four reserve Mg and 8 light machine guns (Lmg). To protect the exposed gun positions, two double flab positions were built into the rock face, which were equipped with 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons (Flab Kann) W + F 1938.
literature
- Officers Society Nidwalden (Ed.): The military efforts in the Nidwalden area 1935–1995. Aktiv Verlag, Stans 2009, ISBN 3-909191-36-3 .
Web links
- Oberland Fortress: Kilchlidossen A 2261 artillery plant
- Military monuments in the cantons of Nidwalden, Obwalden and Lucerne
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon model 1938
- ^ Underground Switzerland: Artillery Works Kilchlidossen A 2261 ( Memento from May 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Aktiv Verlag: The military efforts in the Nidwalden area 1935–1995 ( Memento from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 46 ° 58 '47.3 " N , 8 ° 20' 41.8" E ; CH1903: 668,956 / two hundred and three thousand five hundred ninety-one