Buchensteintal lock

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La Corte plant after the fighting ended in 1917

The Buchensteintal barrier belongs to Rayon V of the Austro-Hungarian barrier on the then imperial border with Italy in the Dolomites south-east of the Little Lagazuoi . It consisted of the “La Corte plant” and the “Ruaz road block”.
The lock secured the passage through the Buchenstein Valley to the Pordoi Pass and to Canazei .

La Corte plant

The La Corte ( ⊙ ) (Italian: Forte Corte) plant was built in 1897/1900 in concrete with a layer of natural stone that was broken up.

Originally equipped with:

were still available in 1915:

  • 2 × 10 cm M 5 anti-tank mortars
  • 4 × 12 cm M 96 minimal chart cannons

From July 5, 1915, bombardment of the barrier with 21 cm shells began, which caused severe damage to the plant. In the same month the facility was disarmed, as the complete destruction was foreseeable. The self-propelled howitzers were installed in an improvised concrete plant on the southwest slope of Monte Sief . The third gun was an armored dome from the Plätzwiese plant and a reserve pipe from the Corte plant. The minimalchart cannons were placed on field gun mounts and placed in positions on the Cherz plateau. The disarmament took place during the Italian artillery fire and went unnoticed by the Italians. Since the Austrians had placed sheet metal domes with inserted tree trunks on the empty gun wells, and a mountain gun from the immediate vicinity of the plant maintained regular fire, the deception succeeded completely. In September 1915, the Italian chief of staff, Cadorna, reported to Rome that the plant had been repaired. The annihilation fire that then set in destroyed the facility slightly above the road.

Roadblock Ruaz

Roadblock Ruaz 1916

The Ruaz roadblock ( ⊙ ) was an infantry plant built in the same way as the main plant; it was classified as grenade-proof and storm-free.

The armament consisted of two 8 mm M 93 machine guns.

Also badly damaged, but not completely destroyed, the building was repaired as much as possible (the top floor is missing completely) and now houses a restaurant.

The Buchensteintal barrier and the neighboring Tre Sassi plant had almost succeeded in preventing a breakthrough simply by their presence. The effect of the whole thing was the evasion of the Italians to the east and the attempt to break through over the little Lagazuoi or the Col di Lana .

literature

  • Erwin Anton Grestenberger: Imperial and Royal fortifications in Tyrol and Carinthia 1860–1918. Verlag Österreich ua, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-8132-0747-1 .
  • Rolf Hentzschel: Austrian mountain fortresses in the First World War. The Folgeria and Lavarone plateaus. Athesia, Bozen 1999, ISBN 88-8266-019-2 , ( Athesia workshop. Non-fiction book ).
  • Wilhelm Nussstein: Dolomites. Austrian fortresses in Northern Italy. From the seven municipalities to the Flitscher Klause. Mittler, Hamburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0496-0 , ( military history travel guide ).
  • Fritz Weber : The Alpine War. Klagenfurt 1934. Milizverlag, Salzburg 1996, ISBN 3-901185-09-7 , ( Österreichischer Milizverlag 8).
  • Compass Carta turistica: Cortina d'Ampezzo. Compass Fleischmann S.ar.I. Instituto Geografico, I-38014 Gardolo (Trento).

Web links

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