Military History Society of the Canton of Zurich

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Ebersberg Fortress, entrance

KP field artillery department 18 and semi-detachment shelter Tannen A 4915, Limmat position

The Military History Society of the Canton of Zurich (from 2004 to 2012 Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zurich ) is an association with the purpose of researching and safeguarding the military heritage of the Swiss Confederation in the Canton of Zurich . It serves as the umbrella organization for all military history associations in the Canton of Zurich.

purpose

The society wants to research, document and maintain the military cultural assets (springs, militaria , field entrenchments , baroque city fortifications , defensive structures of the two world wars and later) from the beginnings of Zurich's defense system to the present, as well as cooperation with all associations and institutions that deal with the Employ and maintain the preservation of military-historical cultural assets.

The main focus is on securing, taking over and maintaining the structural witnesses from the Second World War and the period of the so-called Cold War in the canton of Zurich, and making them accessible to science and the public.

organization

The company was founded with three subsidiary associations on October 27, 2004 as a foundation in accordance with Art. 80 ff. Of the Civil Code , based in the Ebersberg Fortress in Berg am Irchel , and on May 26, 2012 changed its legal form to an association.

The board of directors, committee, advisory board, secretariat, auditor and the members of the regional fortress associations work on a voluntary basis. Three former commanders of the Zurich Border Brigade 6, two former Zurich monument preservers and Zurich and Schaffhausen representatives from business and culture are committed to the foundation.

The historically classified listed objects of the society are looked after by the following regional fortress associations (subsidiary associations):

Fortifications in the Zürcher Unterland: Works from Tössegg to Kaiserstuhl
Ebersberg Fortress: Ebersberg artillery plant and surrounding works
Fortifications at the Rhine Falls: Works by Border Brigade 6 in the cantons of Zurich (Weinland), Schaffhausen and Thurgau
Fortifications of the Limmat position: blocking points of the first army position (Limmat position) from 1939/40 west of the Limmat

The "Compagnie 1861" is the honorary formation of the Canton of Zurich. She works with society and is represented on the advisory board.

The society is a member of the civil umbrella organization Fortifications Switzerland (FORT.CH).

Projects

The Canton of Zurich in Crisis and War 1930–1950: History trail for schools in the Ebersberg Fortress (target 2020)
Zurich Rhine culture: cultural hiking trail on the banks of the Rhine from Kaiserstuhl to Munot (destination 2022)
Historical Museum of the Canton of Zurich (target 2027)
Research project REWI 1940–1990: on the preparations of the Swiss army for resistance in enemy-occupied territory: from Guisan's secret mission to its cancellation ( P-26 etc., target 2027)

Military cultural assets and tours

The company currently (2020) owns the following fortress structures in the Zürcher Oberland , Zürcher Unterland , Zürcher Weinland and in the Limmat position ( fortress Uetliberg ), which are maintained and, if requested, shown as part of guided tours:

former military oxygen factory A 6713

Ebersberg tour
Guided tour of the Limmatstellung
Guided tour of the KP Herrenwies and Centi Bunker of the barricade barn

Zurich Oberland

Former military oxygen factory A 6713 Madetswil , built in 1990 ⊙47.417412 8.80427

Zurich Unterland

This section of the border was occupied by Border Brigade 6 (1938 to 1994) during the Second World War and Army 61 . During the Second World War, Grenzbrigade 6 had the task of holding the section from Kaiserstuhl AG to Eschenz “to the last cartridge”, protecting the border against an advance from southern Germany on the Rhine line and blocking the north-south axes.

Mg stand Nöschikon A 5292 Niederglatt ⊙47.497178 8.491769
Regimental KP Herrenwies A 5398 Hochfelden, Inf Rgt 54 ⊙47.540978 8.519601
Centi Bunker Stadel A 5583 Locking point Stadel ⊙47.536911 8.485423
Centi Bunker Stadel A 5584 ⊙ : The double Centi Bunker A 5583 and A 5584 with two 10.5 cm cannons was integrated into the former anti-tank bunker, which then served as a shelter and command post.47.53674 8.485447
Centi Bunker Stadel A 5585 ⊙ : A 10.5 cm cannon was integrated into the former anti-tank bunker (Pak Bkr), which then served as a shelter.47.533928 8.464912

Zurich wine country

Command post (KP) A 5310 "Villa Arbenz", Dorf ZH : KP Grenzbrigade 6 A 5310 ⊙47.565825 8.653614
Ebersberg Fortress A 5438 (Ebersberg artillery or Rüdlingen) ⊙47.57093 8.57978
Brigaden-KP Müliberg A 5445, Andelfingen ⊙47.593028 8.680563
Mg stand Räbhüsli A 5461 Rheinau ⊙47.6391 8.600502
Infantry bunker Dachsen Süd A 5466 ⊙47.657442 8.623362
Infantry bunker Dachsen Nord A 5467 ⊙47.662685 8.61376
Güetli infantry factory, A 5477 Feuerthalen ⊙47.691739 8.633786
12 cm mine thrower "Allenhaben", Stammheim (type 1st generation)
12 cm "Grossholz" mine thrower, Stammheim (type 2nd generation)
Regiments-KP Riet A 5574 Truttikon, Inf Rgt 52 ⊙47.636575 8.727254
Regimental KP Steinenberg A 5565 Uhwiesen, Inf Rgt 53 ⊙47.672235 8.654187

Limmat position

The Limmatdruck position extended from the fortress Sargans to Gempen , with emphasis between Zurich ( fortress Uetliberg , fortress Dietikon , etc.) and Hauenstein (Pass) . It was occupied as the first army position on October 4, 1939. On June 23, 1940, General Guisan gave the order to stop the fortification work.

Small shelter Platte A 4911 Waldegg 1 ⊙47.372308 8.468131
Half-train shelter Tannen, Buchhoger 3 A 4915, KP F Art Abt 18 ⊙47.374595 8.463739
KP and train shelter, stairs A 4917 Buchhoger ⊙47.375765 8.463761
KP and shelter glasses A 4921 Buchhoger ⊙47.377785 8.459099
Cavern and KP system "Hals" A 4929 Chapf ⊙47.374515 8.457567
Cavern Medical Aid Station “Nevertheless” A 4930: West Chapf entrance, planned as a war hospital, used as a war armory from 1940 (Reduit) ⊙47.37436 8.45575
Cavern "Charlotte-Rudolf" A 4931: Entrance east Chapf, command post, switchboard, shelter for 60 men ⊙47.374839 8.454501
Team shelter cavern "Edge of the forest" A 4934: Sandloch 1, KP F Art Abt 17 ⊙47.37694 8.44726
Team shelter cavern “Unterbruch Waldrand” A 4935: Entrance south Sandloch, 100 meters tunnel ⊙47.37713 8.44686
Team shelter cavern “Reserve Waldrand” A 4936: Entrance north Sandloch ⊙47.37879 8.44656

Exhibitions

The REWI research project showed the interim results after three years of work at the “Comm '08” (command support of the Swiss Army in the Frauenfeld barracks) in September 2008: the “Sparks for Resistance” exhibition showed the development of secret radio networks and the documentary “Die Freedom is not given to us ... »the history of the resistance preparations from the Officers' Union from 1940 to Project 26 from 1990.
In the house for computing in Zurich, the exhibition "Limmat Front took place on 4 December 2008 to 3 April of 2009. City at War »instead.
In 2010 a special exhibition on the subject of "Resistance (P-26)" took place in the museum in the Zeughaus (Schaffhausen) .
In the Museum Bellerive ": Discover the hidden Zurich 111 Bunker!" From 17 November 2018 to 28 February 2019, the structural design of the Limmat position under the title was thematized. The company took part with guided bunker hikes to ten of its own facilities on the Limmat position in the Uitikon-Waldegg area, in which over 400 visitors took part.

literature

Military monuments in the canton of Zurich, inventory of combat and command structures. Edited by the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport . Bern 2004.
Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa, Thomas Bitterli: Military monuments in the cantons of Schaffhausen and Thurgau. VBS 1999 (PDF; xxx kB).
Robert Gubler: Border Brigade 6 1938-1994. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1994.
Commandant and staff of Border Brigade 6: The dissolution of traditional units. In: ASMZ . No. 12/1994.
Walter Lüem et al .: The position of the Limmat in World War II. Baden-Verlag, Baden 1997, ISBN 3-85545-105-2 .
Max Rudolf, Andreas Steigmeier: Guide to the Limmat position from the Second World War. Baden-Verlag, Baden 1998, ISBN 3-85545-114-1 .
Walter Lüem, Max Rudolf: Defense in close-up. Problems of the Limmat defense in 1939/40 in the Spreitenbach-Killwangen section. Herrliberg / Birmenstorf 2003. Distribution: Swiss Society for Military History Study Trips GMS, Zurich.
Max Peter, René Koller, Bruno Würgler: Military in the Sihl area. Editor: Local History Commission of the Aussersihl-Hard neighborhood association. Self-published, Zurich 2007.