Ettlinger bars
The Ettlinger Riegel was built as part of the West Wall in 1936 and 1937. The line of defense extends over a distance of around 10 kilometers from the east bank of the Rhine near Rheinstetten south of Karlsruhe to Malsch on the northern edge of the Black Forest . The position blocked off the entire eastern Rhine valley to the south. It was equipped with bunkers , tank obstacles and water trenches to ward off an enemy from the southwest.
After the end of the Second World War , numerous structures were blown up or filled with earth, but the remains can still be visited.
The last bunker line in a northerly direction (near the Karlsruhe city limits) was built into the former fortifications of the Ettlinger line , as their earth walls were still there and could therefore be used for field fortifications.
See also: Siegfried Line , list of fortresses , bolt position (military)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 20 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 37 ″ E