Ungerberg bunker system
The Ungerberg bunker complex (military name: Feste Anlage Ungerberg 3 , abbreviated to FAN U3 ) is a line of defense from the Cold War era , which was built in 1959/60 by the Austrian Armed Forces near the Bruckneudorf barracks . As one of the branches of the Army History Museum , the complex now serves as an open-air museum .
history
Due to the position of neutral Austria between the military alliances NATO and the Warsaw Pact , the Austrian Armed Forces developed the spatial defense concept, which in the event of an attack by foreign troops provided for key areas to be defended by fortifying them with bunker systems and barriers. In eastern Austria a line of defense was created from the Danube to the Leithagebirge , which was named Ostwall or Schleinzerwall (after the then Defense Minister Karl Schleinzer ) after its complete completion in 1964 . This included the Ungerberg 3 bunker , which was supposed to protect the soldiers inside from enemy artillery and tank fire . Some of the systems are 20 meters underground, are covered with a 2 meter thick layer of concrete and contain their own air and water supply systems, a coal central heating system, bedrooms and a washroom. The factories were also equipped with tank guns and looked after by so-called wall masters . The 40-man crew were equipped with 10.5 cm Centurion armored turrets , 10.5 cm field howitzers 18/40 , a machine gun dome and an observer dome.
After the fall of the Iron Curtain , the defining threat scenario no longer existed, and a few years later the plant was decommissioned. The facilities were then used in a wide variety of ways, for example as a shelter for hunters, but were largely still used for military exercises, which ultimately meant that the facility was largely preserved. In 2014 it was taken over by the Vienna Army History Museum (HGM) and is now open to the public. The director of the HGM, Christian Ortner , said at the official opening on September 12, 2014:
“ The fascinating thing about this system is that it is actually virgin, it has never been changed. It has been technically developed, but still as it was decommissioned in 1993. We are completely authentic. "
gallery
Insight into a corridor in the bunker
Fixed plant, covered
Telecommunications switching
Crew accommodation
Anti-tank ditch
literature
- Stefan Bader, Leo Pichler, Josef Hatos: The Ungerberg-Bruckneudorf bunker . Official publication of the Republic of Austria-BMLVS, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-902551-74-0
- Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal . Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 176
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bunker becomes a museum at science.orf.at, accessed on September 11, 2014
- ^ Bruckneudorf: Bunker becomes a museum at burgenland.orf.at, accessed on September 16, 2014
- ↑ Ungerberg bunker system ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at hgm.or.at, accessed on September 11, 2014
- ↑ Bunker im Blick auf burgenland.orf.at, accessed on September 11, 2014
- ↑ Memories of the Cold War: Bunker as a Museum on salzburg.com, accessed on September 16, 2014
- ^ Bruckneudorf: Bunker as a museum on burgenland.orf.at, accessed on September 16, 2014
Web links
- Ungerberg bunker system on the website of the Army History Museum
- Bunker becomes a museum (science.orf.at)
- Bruckneudorf: Bunker as a museum on burgenland.orf.at
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '44.7 " N , 16 ° 48' 54.6" E