Lock point Flühli
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The dam site Flühli in Flühli , Canton Lucerne was one in World War II from 1941 to 1944 by the 8th Division erected barrier of the Swiss army . Together with the neighboring blocking points, it had to prevent an enemy advance over the Brünig Pass and towards Gotthard .
The blocking points are declassified , largely preserved and partially protected. Those of Flühli and Bumbachtal-Schrattenfluh are considered to be restricted areas of national importance (extensive three-row hump obstacle, armored dome Glockmatt, Rotbachsperre, etc.)
history
After the fall of France at the end of June 1940, the army command ordered the suspension of almost all fortification work on the first army position ( Limmat position ) and the withdrawal of the majority of the army to the Reduit . On July 3, 1940 - 22 days before the Rütli report - the retreat of the 16,000 men of the 8th Division of the 2nd Army Corps under Alfred Gübeli from the Limmat position began in stages with marches to his actual Reduit area between Hohgant in the rear Emmental to Stilaub (Finsterwald ) . The Zurich Mountain Rifle Battalion 6 of the Mountain Infantry Regiment 37 arrived on September 10, 1940 in its Reduit room in Schangnau in the Emmental, where it remained with interruptions until October 1944.
From July 17, 1940 to May 15, 1941, the 3rd Army Corps took over the combat groups "Brienzergrat" (37th Infantry Regiment) and "Vierwaldstättersee" (reinforced 8th Division) of the 2nd Army Corps, around the northern defensive front Hohgant – Schrattenfluh – Schimberg – Pilatus To defend. It was expected that a hostile advance along with Lötschberg and Gotthard would primarily affect the Brünig axis.
In 1947 three new Reduit Brigades were created. The Reduit Brigade 22 (R Br 22 “Ob- und Nidwalden, Oberhasli”) took over this area from the 8th Division with the Werkcompanie 27 and the Fusilier Battalion 189. In the 1980s, the Flühli barrier was given up in favor of the Hirsegg barrier. With Army 61 , the Reduit Brigades were subordinated to Mountain Army Corps 3 and abolished in 2003 with Army XXI .
Lock point Flühli
In the Flühli ( Mariental ) area, around 370 men blocked the plain south of Flühli in the direction of Sörenberg – Glaubbielen – Giswil. In 1941 civilian companies started construction work on the Felskopf fortress. A barracks village was built near Bunihus as accommodation for the soldiers and the concrete humps at Rotbach. The construction work was completed in 1944 at a cost of 3.3 million francs, 1.9 million of which was for fortifications, and was handed over to the fortress guard company 15 in Stans for maintenance. Together with the Hirsegg barrier behind it, it formed the strongest barrier in the area of the 8th Division.
The three infantry factories Warmendossen, Felskopf and Blaufels formed the backbone of the blocking point. They were manned by the 37th Infantry Regiment and later by the Werkkompanie 27 with 43 men each (1944). They had an emergency power group, collective mask protection and a water supply. The accommodations were in the access tunnel (Blaufels) or in a barrack in front of the factory entrance (rock head). The facilities were disarmed in 1991 and released from secrecy in 2001 (declassified).
- Warmendossen A 2346 Infantry Plant: 7.5 cm L30 cannon on a lever mount, two Mg 11, 4.7 cm Pak 41, 1970s: conversion to 9 cm Pak 50 ⊙
- Collar floor shelter 2 A 2347 ⊙
- Collar floor shelter 1 A 2348 ⊙
- Felskopf Infantry Works A 2349: 24mm tank rifle Tb 41, five Mg 11, three 4.7 cm Pak 41. ⊙
- Shelter A 2350 ⊙
- Shelter A 2351 ⊙
- Observer Gloggenmatt A 2352 with steel bell ⊙
- Blaufels infantry factory (Kurzhütten) A 2353: two Mg 11, two 4.7 cm Pak 41 with Janecek muzzle attachment ⊙
- Three-row anti-tank obstacle GPH Flühli T 1414 ⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙
- Rappersbüel shelter, Sörenberg 1173 ⊙
- Schlagweid shelter, Sörenberg 901 ⊙
- underground military bakery Rübihütte, Glaubenbielen , Giswil (Inf Rgt 37) ⊙
Blaufels infantry plant
Rotbachsperre
Terrain tank obstacle Flühli with infantry work Felskopf
GPH wall Bunihus
Warmendossen Infantry Plant
Lock point Hirsegg
In August 1940 the «Brienzergrat Group» reconnoitered the position at the Hirsegg Bridge. In this room, the Hirsegg blocking point was built by the 8th Division from spring 1941 to 1944 with an all-terrain tank barrier, two street barricades and the Hirsegg infantry factory. A large part broke off today.
The plant was equipped with a Zurich engine, two generators and a material ropeway. For a long time, the facility served as a practice exercise with a target slope. In the mid-1980s, the facility was renovated and modernized as a prototype of a rock complex. The entrance was covered with stone baskets against direct fire, the emergency power group was replaced, the fighting stalls were adapted, and ammunition stores and accommodation with nine beds were built. In 1994 19 men were assigned to the 27 factory company. The armament included a 9 cm Pak 50, a Mg 51 and an observer. The work was declassified in 1994.
- Hirsegg Infantry Plant A 2354 ⊙
- Command post of 37th Infantry Regiment A 2355: converted into a telephone switchboard in 1950. ASU 7S / T F15200 replaced as permanent military headquarters. ⊙
- Hirsegg shelter, Flühli 800 ⊙
- Hirseggli shelter, Flühli 655 ⊙
- GPH Hirseggbrücke T 1416 ⊙
Lock point Schrattenfluh
The 16 objects of the Schrattenfluh defensive position ( Canton Lucerne ) were placed along the ridge of the Schrattenfluh from Heidenloch to Schibengütsch and Alp Hirswängiberg. In the adjacent Bumbachtal there are another 18 systems. A first reconnaissance was carried out in August 1940 by the Mountain Rifle Battalion 6. Since the building loans were needed for more important defensive sections, construction of the fortress on the Schrattenfluh could not begin until spring 1943.
Due to the cavern structures typical of the 8th Division, the blocking point is considered to be of “national importance”. The facilities were simple and cheap. In some cases, the existing karst caves were converted into shelters and weapons stands. Some systems are located at exposed altitude, so-called "eagle nest positions".
The Schybenaufstieg infantry factory was created in a natural cave and accessed with a material cable car to the upper entrance. The former accommodation hut ( 1904 m above sea level ) of the infantry factory Strick A 2363 was sold in 1950 by the fortress guard company 15. The SAC Emmental section has owned the Heftihütte since 1951 . The plants were occupied by the 37th Infantry Regiment and the 6th Mountain Rifle Battalion and declassified in 2001.
- Bärsili infantry factory, Flühli ⊙
- Infantry factory Strick A 2363 with cable car MSB 43 Dürrüteli-Strick ⊙
- Stallion A 2365 ⊙ shelter
- Rossstall shelter A 2367 ⊙
- Böli shelter A 2368 ⊙
- Shelter Kessi A 2369: Wooden shelter in a rock niche ⊙
- Infanteriewerk Schybenaufstieg A 2370: mobile 4.7 cm infantry cannon, two Mg 11 with pivot carriage ⊙
- Schybehöhle shelter A 2371 ⊙
- Shelter Krete A 2372 ⊙
- Achsgütsch infantry factory A 2373 ⊙
- Hirswängiberg infantry factory A 2374 with cable car, Marbach ⊙
- Salzbode shelter, Flühli 1101 ⊙
- Schlüechtli shelter, Flühli 776 ⊙
- Oberschlag shelter, Sörenberg 1117 ⊙
- Chlus shelter, Sörenberg 1118 ⊙
- Upper Imbärgli shelter, Sörenberg 1270 ⊙
Schrattenfluh with Heftihütte
Heftihütte with entrance to the knitting infantry factory
Infantry work knit notch inside
Karst cave
Hirswängiberg Infantry Plant, entrance
Bumbachtal-Kemmeribodenbad barrier
During the Second World War, the Bumbachtal ( Canton Bern ) with its 18 facilities formed the south-western section boundary of the 8th Division (as far as Hohgant) and connected to the Schrattenfluh barrier. The road to Kemmeribodenbad along the Emme was secured, among other things, by the Hirswängiberg infantry factory and explosive objects.
- Chüblisbüel shelter, Sörenberg 1138 ⊙
- Chüblisbüelegg shelter, Sörenberg 1139 ⊙
- Accommodation in Kemmeribodenbad, Schangnau
- Hirschwangiberg BE 608 rock shelter, Schangnau ⊙
Achsgütsch infantry factory with saddle
Bumbachtal rock shelter
Barricade Bumbachtal
Entlebuch Fortifications Association
The Entlebuch Biosphere Fortifications Association takes care of the historical preservation of the military installations. This includes the conversion of military buildings into civil use.
literature
- Heinz Hürzeler, Bruno Bommeli: The 8th Division in the Réduit: the Second World War in the Entlebuch, Waldemme, Schrattenflue area. Publisher of the Swiss Society for Military History Study Trips GMS, Wettingen 2006
- Johannes Gerber et al., Kommando Reduitbrigade 22 (Ed.): Mission accomplished - Die Reduit Brigade 22. Druck-Shop Engelberger, Stans 1994.
Web links
- Geoportal Luzern: Cantonal monument register and building inventory
- Walter Küng: Blocking points of national importance. In: Weekly newspaper for the Emmental and Entlebuch from July 26, 2001
- Photo blog: Visit to the infantry position in Schibengütsch
Individual evidence
- ^ Military monuments in the cantons of Nidwalden, Obwalden and Lucerne
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Flühli lock point
- ↑ bunker friends: Equipment Flühli LU
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Hirsegg lock point
- ↑ Fortress Oberland: Lock point Schrattenfluh LU
- ↑ SAC Section Emmental: Heftihütte
- ↑ Lock point Bumbachtal, video part 1
- ↑ Bumbachtal barrier, video part 2
- ↑ Bumbachtal barrier, video part 3
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Bumbachtal-Kemmeriboden restricted area
- ^ Association fortress systems Biosphere Entlebuch
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '25.8 " N , 8 ° 1' 50.6" E ; CH1903: 645 137 / 191,582