Arzheimer Schanze

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Remains of the Arzheimer Schanze in Koblenz-Arzheim
The Pfaffendorfer Höhe system on the right bank of the Rhine with the Arzheimer Schanze (top right)

The Arzheimer Schanze was part of the Prussian fortress Koblenz and belonged to the Niederehrenbreitstein system . Only a small part of the ski jump built in the 1860s and razed in 1927 has been preserved in what is now the Koblenz district of Arzheim .

history

The Arzheimer Schanze was initially provisional in 1866 and then permanently expanded in the form of a bezel in 1868–1873 .

After the First World War , this complex, like the other fortress works in Koblenz , had to be softened in accordance with Article 180 of the Versailles Treaty . Far-reaching work was planned, with the exception of the barracks in the throat and the hangar. The work on softening the hill began on March 10th and was reported to be finished on August 30th, 1927.

According to contemporary reports, the demolition work left a desolate field of rubble, some of which was poorly executed. On February 11, 1929, the municipality of Arzheim acquired the former fortress area of ​​around 29,000 m² with the stipulation that it should be restored to an acceptable condition within a period of three months. According to eyewitness reports, parts of the demolition material were used as building material by the Arzheim population; on some houses in Arzheimer Unterdorfstraße there are window frames, floor slabs and steps made of basalt as well as sandstone blocks that come from this context.

After the Second World War , a sports field was created on the site of the ski jump, at the edge of which indefinable remains of the work are still visible today, possibly parts of a chain of concrete positions between the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress and the Fortifications on the Pfaffendorfer Höhe, but contemporary witnesses also speak of an emergence (or restoration?) Only in the Second World War.

The former location of the Arzheimer Schanze can still be seen today through two field paths east of the sports field, which follow the course of the former wall.

literature

  • Matthias Kellermann: The Prussian fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein. On the history of the fortifications on the right bank of the Rhine , 3rd edition, Koblenz 2014. ISBN 978-3-934795-63-1 .
  • Klaus T. Weber (dissertation): The Prussian fortifications of Koblenz (1815–1834) . (Series: Art and Cultural Studies Research) 2003, ISBN 3-89739-340-9 , p. 261.
  • Rüdiger Wischemann: The Koblenz Fortress. From the Roman fort and Prussia's strongest fortress to the largest garrison of the German Armed Forces , Koblenz 1978 (note: outdated in many ways, but still the best representation for an overview)

Web links

Commons : Arzheimer Schanze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wischemann: The fortress Koblenz, page 76th

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '32.7 "  N , 7 ° 37' 18.7"  E