Grünenberg Pass

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Grünenberg Pass
Pass road about 150 m from the top of the pass, on the Habkern side
Compass direction	west	east
Pass height	1555  m above sea level M.
region	Bern , Switzerland
Watershed	Permit
Valley locations	Eriz	Habkern
expansion	Pass road
Mountains	Emmental Alps
Map (Bern)
Coordinates	631 978  /  179071 coordinates: 46 ° 45 '43 "  N , 7 ° 51' 26"  O ; CH1903:  631978  /  179071

The Grünenbergpass (1555 m) is a mountain crossing in the Emmental Alps from Eriz in the north to Habkern , respectively

Old mule track, today a mountain hiking trail

Interlaken in the south. The pass separates the Seven Stallions from the Hohgant massif .

As the name suggests, the pass is almost completely wooded. It is accessed by a narrow, unpaved military road. This is closed to private, motorized traffic. The pass is used by mountain bikers and mountain hikers and is located in a nature reserve. The military road belongs to the federal inventory of the historical traffic routes IVS.

A mule track was used before the military road was built . This leads from the "Oberbreitwang" farm to the Grünenbergpass and is now a mountain hiking trail on the Schangnau - Habkern route .

Grünenbergpass lock point

The Grünenberg Pass blocking point (Army designation no. 2115) was occupied by the "Kampfgruppe Grünenberg" (Mountain Fusilier Battalion 31) of the 3rd Division during the Second World War . The passage was blocked in two places with bunkered weapons, supplemented by road barricades (T1130, T1131) and the explosive object M2787.

• Infantry factory Grünenberg-Pass A 1870: Infantry cannon (Ik), Mg 11 , Lmg 25 ⊙
• Infantry factory Grünenberg case A 1871: Ik ⊙

Infantry factory Grünenberg-Pass A 1870

literature

• Hans-Rudolf Schoch: Caverns and barriers of the combat group Grünenberg . HS publications, Frutigen.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Blockage No. 2115 Grünenberg Pass