List of fortresses in Switzerland

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The list of fortresses in Switzerland includes fortress structures from the 15th century to the end of the Cold War .

Older fortresses

In the Middle Ages, the cities were fortified with city ​​walls for their defense ; from the 19th century, fortifications were built near the border at strategically important pass crossings and railway tunnels.

Artillery and other fortresses of the Swiss Army

Camouflaged loopholes at the Reuenthal Fortress

Most of the fortresses were built during World War II as well as during Army 61 and decommissioned with the Army reform in 1995 and Army XXI . The Swiss army maintained artillery fortresses , with guns the caliber cm 7.5, 10.5-cm-tower cannon or were equipped 15 cm. The guns were housed in casemates , gun turrets or behind armored slots.

Some have been made accessible as museums or can be visited on request.

In addition to the artillery works, the infantry blocking points were permanently fortified throughout Switzerland .

Aargau

Basel-Country

Bern

Freiburg

Glarus

Grisons

Lucerne

Nidwalden

Obwalden

Schaffhausen

  • Blocking points in Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein
  • Munot in Schaffhausen, circular fortress

Schwyz

Solothurn

St. Gallen

Gun of the fortress Heldsberg

Ticino

Thurgau

Uri

Vaud

Valais

train

Zurich

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The fortresses of the Bernese Oberland
  2. ^ Military monuments in the cantons of Schaffhausen and Thurgau - inventory of combat and command buildings , VBS from: 1999, to: admin.ch
  3. ↑ NZZ of August 24, 2012: Sasso San Gottardo - Experiences in the Gotthard Rock