Locking point Hülftenschanze
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The Hülftenschanze barrier was a border fortification of the Swiss army in the canton of Basel-Landschaft . It stretches from Pratteln via Frenkendorf , Füllinsdorf to Liestal and belonged to Border Brigade 4 .
The lock point is considered a military historical monument of national importance.
Locking point Hülftenschanze
prehistory
The access from the Rhine to the Basel cantonal capital of Liestal and the Tafeljura could by three redoubts on both sides of the river Ergolz be defended: In Frenkendorf with the behind the Hülftengraben hill at the Grien pit ⊙ and the north located it Hülftenschanz (1689 built at today Hülftenhof) ⊙ and in Füllinsdorf with the north-east opposite Birch hill ⊙ . The decisive military confrontation took place at the Griengrube ski jump in August 1833 in connection with the separation of the Basel cantons .
history
After plans were available as early as 1935, construction work began in 1937 on the Liestal-Hülften border fortification with the anti-tank obstacle by engineering troops and in 1938 by construction companies with the Hülften and Buholz infantry bunkers. After the mobilization , the border brigade built 4 up to the end of active duty 70 concrete infantry bunkers and shelters. In March 1940 the locking point was ready for use. From 1941 she was part of the Ergolz-Gempen Combat Group (Grenzregiment 48).
The blocking point had to block access from the north into the Tabular Jura and to the Upper and Lower Hauenstein Passes in the Swiss Plateau.
Defenses
The blocking point still includes around 100 objects:
- Infantry bunker A 2737 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2739 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2741 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2742 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2743 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2744 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2745 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2746 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2747 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2748 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2749 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2750 ⊙
- Observer A 2760 (dismantled) ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2761 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Hülften A 2762 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2764 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2765 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2766 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2767 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2768 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2771 Augst ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2772 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2775 ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 2776 ⊙
- Infantry bunker «high-rise» ⊙
- Infantry bunker railway track 1 ⊙
- Infantry bunker rail track 2 ⊙
- Eichlenhof infantry bunker ⊙
- Buholz infantry bunker
- Schönenberg infantry factory ⊙
- Rösli infantry bunker (Adlerpass, Pratteln)
- Rock cavern artillery observer Adler Chäppeli ⊙
- Artillery observation bunker Adler Süd ruin Madeln
- BBB-Obstacle Hülftenschanze ⊙
Lock point Liestal
The Liestal blocking point had to block the passage against the Oberer Hauenstein towards Balsthal . This was occupied by the "Kampfgruppe Ergolz-Gempen" (border regiment 48 with 2900 men).
- Infantry bunker A 3252 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3253 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3254 Weideli ⊙
- Shelters, ASU A 3256 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3262/3263 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3265 Weideli ⊙
- Observer A 3266/3267 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3270 Weideli ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3284 Bintal ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3285 Bintal ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3291 Bintal ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3292/3293 Bintal ⊙
- Munzachberg shelter A 3286 ⊙
- Mine throwing position Munzachberg A 3287 ⊙
- Mine throwing position Munzachberg A 3288 ⊙
Lock points Diegter- and Homburgertal
The blocking points had to stop an enemy march through the two valleys in the direction of the Swiss plateau. The blocking parts of the Diegtertales range from Sissach to Belchentunnel in Eptingen . Those of the Homburgertal from Diepflingen to Läufelfingen and connect there to the Unter Hauenstein barrier .
Lock points Sissach to Eptingen
- Infantry bunker Ebenrain Mitte A 3567 Sissach ⊙
- Infantry bunker Ebenrain West A 3568 Sissach ⊙
- Infantry bunker Tenniken Ost A 3569 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Tenniken West A 3570 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Schlatten A 3571 Zunzgen ⊙
- Infantry bunker Nästel A 3572 Zunzgen ⊙
- 7.5 cm infantry cannon shield Oberburg A 3573 Dietgen ⊙
- Infantry bunker tunnel A 3581 Eptingen ⊙
- Spider barrier and stream barrier Eptingen-Oberburg ⊙
- Arms position Rochade axis Eptingen-Laufmatt-Läufelfingen ⊙
Lock points Diepflingen to Läufelfingen
- Infantry bunker A 3542 Diepflingen Ost ⊙
- Infantry bunker A 3543 Diepflingen West ⊙
- Infantry bunker Rümlingen Ost A 3544 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Rümlingen West A 3545 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Läufelfingen Ost A 3546 ⊙
- Infantry bunker Läufelfingen West A 3547 ⊙
- Infantry factory "Pulfisei" A 3554 Unterer Hauenstein ⊙
Diepflingen Bunker Association
In autumn 2017, the bunker association was founded to buy the bunker system A 3542 in Diepflingen and to keep it from deterioration. It should be made available to the public as a historical military document and preserved for posterity.
literature
- Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa, Thomas Bitterli: Military monuments in the cantons of Solothurn, Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Inventory of the combat and command structures . VBS Bern 2001
Web links
- Little Porcupine: Border Brigade 4
- Locking point Hülftenschanz: Infantry bunker Hülften A 2762. Video
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (eds.): Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa, Thomas Bitterli: Military monuments in the cantons of Solothurn, Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft. Inventory of the combat and command structures . VBS Bern 2001 (PDF file; 7.11 MB)
- ↑ Altbasel: Hülftenschanz
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Hülftenschanze
- ^ Fortress Oberland: Liestal lock point
- ↑ Fortress Oberland: lock point Zunzgen
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Lock point Diepflingen BL
- ↑ Swiss fortresses: Search for traces No. 8: Search for traces / Discovery tour No. 8: Locks in the Diegtertal (Sissach-Eptingen / BL)
- ↑ Homepage of the Diepflingen BL bunker association
Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '7.2 " N , 7 ° 43' 8.8" E ; CH1903: 621,126 / two hundred sixty-three thousand one hundred and forty