Locking point Klausenpass
The Klausenpass lock point (army designation locks No. 2454 and No. 2457) was a defensive position of the Swiss Army . It lies on the territory of the communities of Unterschächen and Urnerboden / Spiringen . It belonged to the operational area of Kampfgruppe Altdorf and the Reduit Brigade 24, created in 1947 . It is considered a military historical monument of regional importance.
Locking point Klausenpass
The Klausen Pass ( 1948 m ) as a direct connection between the cantons of Glarus and Uri was of strategic military importance.
In the summer of 1799 fights between the Austrians, with the aid of the Glarus and Uri, and the French who invaded Switzerland took place on the Klausen Pass as part of the Second Coalition War . In October 1799, French troops marched over the pass in order to attack Suvorov's troops from the flank in the Glarnerland .
The construction of the Klausenpassstrasse, which was opened to traffic in 1899, was dominated by the expansion of the Gotthard fortress. The Klausen and Susten Pass on the axis Aare Valley - Reuss Valley - Linthal were supposed to form a connection line running along the northern slope of the main Alpine ridge, on which troops could easily be moved.
During the Second World War, the Klausenpass was part of the Reduit and a direct access to the Gotthard fortress area , which had to be maintained. Until the end of the 1980s, the Klausen Pass formed a separate blocking point (Army designation No. 2457) and was then integrated into the Vorfrutt Lock (east of the Klausen Pass) -Klausen Pass (Army designation No. 2454).
The expansion of the blocking points in the 1960s also affected the Klausen Pass. As in the rest of Switzerland, standardized shelters made of prefabricated concrete elements with atomic protection (VOBAG 22, U4 spherical bunker) were buried. The shelters for the soldiers were supposed to serve the delay fight for the Klausen Pass.
The blocking point Klausenpass comprised the following objects:
Klausenpass pass height:
- A8739 Mountain Accommodation Chiusa
- A8741 shelters: Märcherstöckli (cavern)
- VOBAG 22 shelters: Klausenpass below, Klausenpass 1, Klausenpass 2, Klausenpass 5, Klausenpass 7
- M2865 Blasting object Klausenpass pass height
- M2927 Explosive object Klausenpass pass road
- U4 Kugelbunker: Klausen Weg, Klausenpass above, Klausenpass 3, Klausenpass chapel, Klausenpass Strasse, Klausenpass 4, Klausenpass 6, Klausenpass 8
West of the pass:
- A8742 shelter in the belts above (cavern)
- A8743 shelter in the belts below (cavern)
- A8744 8.1 cm fortress mine launcher 56 ( Swiss national coordinates 707 390/191 290)
- A8745 Chili Höcheli shelter (cavern)
- A8746 shelter Bödmerstöckli (cavern)
- A8747 Oberbalm shelter (cavern)
- A8748 shelter Balm (cavern)
- F17633 Shelter Klausen Kantonsstrasse (solitary)
- U4 ball bunker: Niemerstaffel Bach, Niemerstaffel Strasse, Niemerstaffel above, Niemerstaffel, Chamliweg, Unter Balm Staffel, Balm Boden, Unterbalm, Unterbalm Hotel Klausen, Unterbalm 7, Bödmerstöckli
East of the pass (Urnerboden):
- A8740 Chlus shelter (cavern)
- F17509 Permanent weapon position Infantry Schlierenegg
- F17600 Permanent weapon position Infantry Schlierenegg
- U4 spherical bunker: Chlus, Vorfrutt 2, Vorfrutt 3, Vorfrutt Ost
Klausenpass infantry factory
The barrier in the Vorfrutt-Klausenpass (Army designation No. 2454) was reinforced in 1966 with a rock for fortress mine throwers. The infantry work (army designation A 8744) was armed with 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower 56 with a range of 4 km and offered the lock fire support, had to be protected itself.
Web links
- Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa, Thomas Bitterli: Military monuments in the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Zug . DDPS 2005
- 8.1 cm fortress mine launcher
Individual evidence
- ^ Swiss Cultural Routes Via Suworow
- ↑ Inventory of historical traffic routes in Switzerland: Klausenpassstrasse ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Fortress Oberland: 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower 56 ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Oberland Fortress: Klausen Pass ( Memento from July 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 10 " N , 8 ° 51 ′ 23" E ; CH1903: 708086 / 191900