Border Brigade 6

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Border Brigade 6, Watch on the Rhine from Eschenz to Kaiserstuhl

The Grenzbrigade 6 (Gz Br 6) was one of eleven border brigades of the Swiss Army . It was subordinate to the 4th Army Corps (since 1961 Field Army Corps 4 , FAK 4) and existed from 1938 to 1994 ( Army 95 ). With 8,300 men, it was the largest border brigade.

history

Border Brigade 6 in the basic disposition from 1992

The border troops were reorganized in accordance with the Hague Agreement with the 1938 Troop Order (TO 38) and 11 border brigades (Gz Br) were created. In addition to the border fusilier battalions, they had a company of cyclists, motorized mitrailleurs and infantry gunners .

Border Brigade 6 was assigned to the 4th Army Corps for training and deployment preparation. The subordination during the mission was determined by the respective operation plan. In all units of the border troops, militiamen residing in the operational area were assigned because the border troops were the first to be mobilized in the event of mobilization and had to be ready for immediate action so that the mobilization of the majority of the army could not be disrupted.

The brigade was an infantry unit when it was formed and had to lead the attrition from the border. The operational area bordered on the left with border brigade 5 near Kaiserstuhl ⊙ and on the right with Eschenz (lock Fänebach) ⊙ on that of border brigade 7 . During the Second World War and the Cold War, the area of ​​operations, together with that of Border Brigade 5, was considered to be the most threatened because it only had the Rhine as a natural obstacle . It also included the Swiss areas north of the Rhine (Schaffhauser Zipfel): three battalions were planned north of the Rhine in the canton of Schaffhausen , and six behind the Rhine.

The mission of Border Brigade 6 during the Second World War was as follows: The brigade had to hold the section from Kaiserstuhl to Eschenz "to the last cartridge", to protect the border against an advance from southern Germany on the Rhine line and to close the north-south axes lock.

On June 17, 1944, a mine disaster occurred in the Tschungel forest south of the Hemishofen railway bridge . Ten members of the Grenzschützenkompanie II / 261 were killed by the explosion of stored landmines .

After 1945 funds, orders and the organization of Border Brigade 6 were periodically updated and the infrastructure modernized. In 1994 it had 66 command posts, 892 shelters including spherical bunkers, 100 bunkers (twelve of them with Pak 50), 24 anti-tank obstacles, 151 armored barricades, 85 explosive devices ("R" and "L") and two bunkered medical aid stations (Wildensbuch and Scharenwald).

The brigade's last dispositive (1980s) was designed for an attack from the east along the Swiss border westwards with a possible parallel thrust over Swiss territory. In the 1990s, according to the FAK 4 order, it had to ensure the protection of neutrality, to oppose an enemy thrust through its area with a heavyweight on the Rhine and to hold the Schaffhausen bridgehead .

Units (as of 1994)

  • Border Brigade Staff 6
  • 52nd Infantry Regiment: section on the right, Stammerberg to Ossingen -Gisenhard
  • Infantry Regiment 53: Section middle, Andelfingen ZH -Alten to Hueb am Irchel
  • Infantry Regiment 54: Section left, Rorbas to Stadel near Niederglatt
  • Grenadier company I / 6
  • five anti-tank guided missile companies (PAL Kp) 61–67
  • two anti-tank companies (Pzaw Kp) II / 6, IV / 6
  • Anti-aircraft battery (Flab Bttr) III / 6
  • Fusilier Battalion 305
  • Heavy Fusilier Companies (Sch Füs Kp) 866, 902
  • Genius Department 46
  • Border transfer company (Gz Uem Kp) 6
  • Works companies 40, 41, 42
  • Fortress department 106: Fortress fire control company (Fest Flt Kp) 106, Fortress company I / 106 (mine thrower), fortress howitzer batteries (Fest Hb Bttr) II / 106, III / 106, IV / 106, V / 106

Command posts, artillery works and blocking points

Lock point Rheinau

The works and blocking points of Border Brigade 6 were in the cantons of Aargau, Zurich, Schaffhausen and Thurgau:

  • Command post (KP): KP Border Brigade 6 A 5310 ⊙ , KP Infantry Regiment 54 A 5398 ⊙ , KP Infantry Regiment 53 A 5565 ⊙ , KP Infantry Regiment 52 A 5574 ⊙

Museum, visits

The fortress Ebersberg with fortress path and the bunker Räbhüsli in Rheinau can be visited.

The Rheinkastell association as the sponsoring association for fortifications in Schaaren organizes visits to the facilities from the Second World War and other eras

literature

Web links

Commons : Grenzbrigade 6  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Agreement on the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in the Event of Land War, concluded in The Hague on October 18, 1907.
  2. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger of March 14, 2013: Secret command center underground
  3. ^ Military History Society of the Canton of Zurich: Visit to the artillery factory "Rüdlingen" - fortress Ebersberg, with fortress path
  4. ↑ Military historical monuments in the cantons of Zurich, Schaffhausen and Thurgau, VBS 2004, 1999
  5. ↑ Fort.ch: fortifications Rheinau
  6. ↑ Fortress Oberland: Border Brigade 6
  7. ^ [1] Military History Society of the Canton of Zurich
  8. ^ Rheinkastell Association: Association for the support of fortifications in the Schaaren