Military history foundation of the canton of Zug

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Emblem of the Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zug
Slogan of the Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zug

The Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zug is a foundation with the purpose of safeguarding and maintaining the military heritage of the Swiss Confederation in the Canton of Zug .

Mg bunker on counseling

aims

Mg bunker on counseling
Bunker tour
Exterior view of a Pak bunker
Shelter on the Gottschalkenberg
Bucklen gun bed
Schurtannen fuel can stand
Tank wall on the Zugerberg
Guided weapon on the Gubel
Guided missile garages in the north position
Tour of the Bloodhound, British paint
Throwing group north
Position north empty launcher
View of the radar
Mission console of the missile position

The foundation mainly wants to secure, take over and maintain the structural witnesses that originate from the Second World War and the period of the so-called Cold War in the Canton of Zug and make them accessible to science and the public.

Purposes

The purpose of the foundation:

  • Securing cantonal and federal military-historical cultural assets in the broadest sense.
  • Taking over, securing, conserving and maintaining fortifications and making them accessible to science and the public, as well as acquiring the necessary property.
  • The operation and the expansion of the museum complex of the anti-aircraft guided missile facility BL-64 ZG "Bloodhound" on the Gubel in the municipality of Menzingen.

organization

The foundation was established in January 1994 by 25 people as a civil law institution according to Art. 80 ff of the Civil Code .

The foundation consists of

  • the board of trustees,
  • the fortresses area with the fortresses operation,
  • the Luftwaffe division with the Luftwaffe operations and
  • the external auditor.

The MHSZ puts the Central Swiss foundation supervision accountable under Swiss foundation law.

Foundation membership

The foundation is a member organization of FORT - CH / Fortifications - Switzerland , the national umbrella organization of civil fortress organizations in Switzerland, which secure, maintain and make publicly accessible fortresses and other infrastructure structures of the army for science and the public.

Military cultural assets of the canton

Area forts

The foundation has currently taken over 35 fortifications , which are maintained and, if requested, shown as part of guided tours. Another 40 fortifications are to be taken over.

The fortifications that were taken over all date from the Second World War, which continued to be operated in the post-war years and were equipped with newer types of weapons. These investments should be in dispositive of the 6th Division as part of the national Réduit a shock through the pre-Alpine part of the Canton train in the valley basin of Schwyz on and from there towards the fortress area Gotthard prevent. The infantry fortress dispositiv consisted of several blocked groups, which reinforced the defensive struggle of the infantry regiments and fusilier battalions with tank and infantry obstacles and explosive objects as well as infantry bunkers. These blocking groups were able to request artillery fire from the mobile artillery, partly from concrete gun emplacements and from artillery works in the canton of Schwyz. Anti-aircraft batteries, some on camouflaged wooden towers built into the forest, protected the barriers against air attacks. The bases of these systems are still visible today.

The fortifications consist of street barricades , terrain armor obstacles in the form of tank ditches and tank walls, anti-tank bunkers, machine gun bunkers, shelters, artillery command post caverns, artillery bunkers and permanent artillery beds for the accommodation of field guns of 7.5 cm and 15 cm caliber.

The inventory of the systems already taken over consists of the following plants:

Objects number
Machine gun bunker 16
Anti-tank gun bunker 3
Infantry cannon garage 1
Infantry cannon fire shield 1
Artillery bunkers and artillery beds 8th
Artillery command post caverns 2
Shelters 4th

The systems are located in the following blocked areas:

Bloodhound area

The foundation has taken over the operation of the listed anti-aircraft guided missile facility BL-64 ZG "Bloodhound" on the Gubel in the municipality of Menzingen. The facility can be viewed on guided tours. The anti-aircraft guided missile position BL-64 ZG “Bloodhound” is the only one of the formerly six British Bloodhound Mark II missile positions that were permanently set up in the Swiss Central Plateau and Jura and kept in high readiness without interruption . The anti-aircraft guided missiles "Bloodhound" were procured as a group for the protection of the Swiss airspace together with the Mirage III fighter aircraft and the early warning radar system " Florida ". The three systems have been in use from the 1960s up to and including the turn of the millennium. Their tasks are taken over today by the F / A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft and the new Florako radar system . The ground-based anti-aircraft guided missile "Bloodhound" has not received a successor system as such. The entire facility continues to be owned by the Confederation or the Department of Defense (DDPS). One of the former two fire units of the guided missile position is under cantonal monument protection . In the summer half of the year, several of the eight missile launchers will be equipped with original but inert missiles. The complete electronic and mechanical equipment is at its original location. The main components of the missile position are: command bunker with deployment point, target lighting radar, power supply system with diesel generators, missile launcher, underground missile magazines, a collimation tower and transmission systems. There is a well-developed road network within the facility, and the troop camp in the entrance area is still used by the DDPS. A retrofitted orientation room with exhibits of electronics and missile technology serves to impart knowledge during visits. The anti-aircraft missile position BL-64 ZG “Bloodhound” is the only visitable anti-aircraft missile position in Europe and the only one of its type worldwide.

Zuger Depot technology history area

Orion Autobus from 1904
Saurer D330N

The foundation is the founding and member organization of the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte / ZDT association in the former Neuheim / ZG armory. The Zuger Depot Technology History is interdisciplinary and includes the armed forces as well as the fire service and public transport. The Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zug shows various pieces of equipment, devices and weapons of the Swiss Army, with a focus on infantry, anti-tank, anti-aircraft, artillery and armored vehicles. The equipment, guns and armored vehicles are serviced in the Zuger depot for technical history, restored if necessary and made available to the interested public for guided tours and open days. The exhibition includes the following vehicles:

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Military History Foundation of the Canton of Zug  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Website - with all the necessary information about visits to the forts and the "Bloodhound" museum complex
  • Website ZDT - ZDT Zuger Depot Technology History
  • Website FORT - CH - Homepage of the umbrella association of Swiss civil organizations for fortresses

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military historical foundation of the canton of Zug: Maps of the works
  2. ↑ David Külling, Manfred Hildebrand, Maurice Lovisa: Military monuments in the area of ​​the air force. DDPS 2008