Lock point Rheinau

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Infantry bunker Rheinau Strasse A 5461 «Räbhüsli»

The Rheinau blocking point (Army designation No. 651) was a border fortification of Border Brigade 6 of the Swiss Army . It is considered a military historical monument of national importance.

history

The Celts settled 2500 years ago on the Au peninsula in Rheinau ZH . The loop of the Rhine provided an inexpensive way of protecting the settlement with a wall (Celtic wall). During the Second World War , the Rhine became a fortified border. Shortly before the World War, several infantry bunkers were built on the left bank of the Rhine.

The extensive barrier in the Rheinau- Dachsen - Marthalen triangle comprises around 50 systems. The landing site near the Rhine peninsula in Rheinau, which was favorable for the attacker, was fortified in 1937 with a tank obstacle and three Lmg stands. The Ebersberg artillery factory ⊙ was able to give the blocking point direct fire protection. From 1938 onwards, numerous machine-gun bunkers and shelters were built between Rheinau and Dachsen. The Rheinau barrier was supplemented in 1955 with an infantry work (anti-tank bunker A 5500) to protect the newly built Rheinau river power station .

In the 1960s, numerous crew shelters (Kubu), anti-tank garages and additional road barricades were built to prevent a mechanized advance from Rheinau towards Andelfingen.

The Border Brigade 6 was disbanded in 1994. Most of the blocking points were taken out of service with the army reform in 1995 , the rest around 2004. The Military History Society of the Canton of Zurich owns several fortress structures in the Zurich Unterland , which are maintained and shown on guided tours.

Investments

  • Shelter U12 Trugstein A 5455 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Wolfgrueb A 5456 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Balm Süd A 5457 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Balm Nord A 5458 ⊙
  • Schwedenschanze II infantry bunker A 5459 Keltenwall ⊙
  • Schwedenschanze IA 5460 Keltenwall infantry bunker ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Rheinau Strasse A 5461 Räbhüsli ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Rheinau West A 5462 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Rheinau Ost A 5463 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Röthehalden A 5465 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Dachsen Süd A 5466 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Dachsen Nord A 5467 ⊙
  • Mg bunker at Wörth Castle A 5468 ⊙
  • Mg bunker Schloss Laufen A 5469 ⊙
  • Korbwiese infantry factory A 5500 ⊙
  • Pak garage Sunnehof (VOBAG) F 6428 ⊙
  • Pak garage Guggenbühl (VOBAG) F 6434
  • Explosive object SprO weir bridge EW Rheinau M1915 (dismantled) ⊙

  • Infantry bunker Schwedenschanze A 5460 and A 5459 "Keltenwall"

  • Explosive object SprO weir bridge EW Rheinau M1915

  • Infantry bunker Rheinau Ost A 5463

  • Infantry bunker Dachsen Süd A 5466

  • Mg bunker at Wörth Castle A 5468

Blocking point Andelfingen

Andelfingen ZH was one of the few crossing points on the natural obstacle of the Thur . The Thurbrücke Andelfingen , first mentioned in 1324 , became the scene of armed conflicts in 1799 during the Second Coalition War . In the second half of the 19th century , prepared explosive charges were installed in important Rhine bridges as the first outposts of the Gotthard fortress . Due to the acute threat from Nazi Germany , the first permanent combat facilities were built in the canton of Zurich: The Rhine crossings were reinforced with tank barricades from 1935 and the first infantry bunkers from 1936.

During the Second World War, further systems were built at the locking points in the Andelfingen district : Andelfingen (Army designation No. 636), Alten (No. 643), Dorf ZH (No. 646), Ellikon am Rhein . These were massively reinforced during the Cold War . Ellikon am Rhein is considered a military monument of regional importance.

  • KP Border Brigade 6 A 5310 Dorf ⊙
  • Switchboard Heidi A 5446 Mühleberg Nord ⊙
  • KP Grenzbrigade 6, KP Inf Rgt 53 (from 1963) A 5445 Mühleberg Süd: built in 1940 ⊙
  • Artillery observation bunker Schöni A 5447 ⊙
  • Shelter, weapon position, Blockhaus Schöni A 5448 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Thur Süd A 5449 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Thur Nord A 5450 ⊙
  • Gun position Ellikon A 5451 Lmg ⊙
  • Shelter U12 rope A 5452 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Ellikon Süd A 5453 ⊙
  • Observer bunker Ellikon Süd at A 5453
  • Infantry bunker Ellikon Nord A 5454 ⊙
  • Pak garage Schoren Süd (VOBAG) F 6347 ⊙
  • Pak-Garage Goldenberg (VOBAG) F 6351 ⊙
  • Battalion KP shelter Mühleberg (VOBAG) F 6806 ⊙
  • Shelter F 6807 ⊙
  • Pak-Garage Bilg (VOBAG) F 6811 ⊙
  • Shelter U12 Bilg (VOBAG) F 6812 ⊙
  • Company KP shelter F 6831 ⊙
  • Pak garage bathroom (VOBAG) F 6851 ⊙
  • Pak garage (VOBAG) F 6876 ⊙
  • Pak garage (VOBAG) F 6881 ⊙

  • KP Border Brigade 6 A 5445 Mühleberg Süd

  • Pak garage Bilg VOBAG F 6811

  • Infantry bunker Thur Nord A 5450

  • Bunker Thur North A 5450 and South A 5449 (1946, pixelated by military censors)

  • Lmg weapon position Ellikon A 5451 (right by the house by the ferry)

Lock point Schaffhausen

Hemishofen railway bridge, explosive object M0733

A chain with twelve bunkers and barriers was planned for the strategically exposed canton of Schaffhausen and the city of Schaffhausen in 1935. After the two large bunkers of the Herblingen SH barrier had been built, the north side of the canton of Schaffhausen had to be given up for defense for tactical and financial reasons.

The line of defense of the Schaffhausen / Rhine barrier (barrier Fluringen-Feuerthalen-Schaffhausen ZH, army designation lock No. 649) ran on the southern side of the Rhine, opposite the city of Schaffhausen, in the Zurich communities of Feuerthalen and Flurlingen . The important bridges were reinforced with barricades, explosive objects and large infantry works. The "Güetli" bunker (A 5477) was built as a prototype of all Rhine bunkers.

Further along the Rhine to Eschenz (Fänebach) (section boundary of Border Brigade 6 to Border Brigade 7 ) followed the lock points Langwiesen (Feuerthalen) (No. 641), Schaarenwald (No. 634), Diessenhofen , Hinterfeld (No. 615), Rheinklingen (No. . 613/615), Hemishofen (No. 609), Wagenhausen TG (No. 605) and Stein am Rhein. Bunkers were built in this room from 1936. In the 1960s, these were supplemented with modern standard buildings (ASU, VOBAG, etc.).

The Schaffhausen and Stein am Rhein blocking points are considered to be military-historical monuments of national importance, those of Herblingen and Hemishofen of regional importance. The "Rheinkastell" association founded in 1994 has set up a nature trail in the Schaarenwald. In addition to the facilities from the Second World War, the moat and earth wall of the bridgehead built by Austrian troops in 1799 can be seen.

  • Infantry bunker Flurlingen Süd A 5470 ⊙
  • Flurlingen infantry bunker Concrete bridge A 5475 Steinhölzli: built in 1942 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker EW Schaffhausen A 5476 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Güetli A 5477 Feuerthalen ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Feuerthalen Strassenbrücke A 5478 ⊙
  • Shelter U12 Kohlfirst A 5479
  • Herblingen III West Infantry Plant A 5480 Schlossstrasse ⊙
  • Infantry factory Herblingen II Ost A 5481 Thayngerstrasse ⊙
  • Infantry bunker shipyard A 5482 Rhiwis, Langwiesen-Feuerthalen ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Langwiesen Bootshaus A 5483 Feuerthalen ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Auwiese A 5484 Paradis ⊙
  • Gun position Altparadies A 5485 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Paradies A 5486 ⊙
  • Schaarenwiese infantry bunker A 5489 ⊙
  • Schaarenwald infantry bunker bridgehead A 5490 with museum ⊙
  • Schaarenwald infantry bunker Eschenried A 5492 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Katharinenthal West A 5496 (demolished in 2012) ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Katharinenthal Ost A 5497 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Klosterlinde A 5498 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Lände A 5502 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Diessenhofen Strandbad A 5504 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Rodenbrunnen A 5505 (demolished in 2011) ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Allmend A 5508 ⊙
  • Bleiche infantry bunker A 5509 ⊙
  • Shelter Rodenberg West A 5510 ⊙
  • Shelter Rodenberg Ost A 5511 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Hinterfeld West A 5512 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Hinterfeld Ost A 5513 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Burgstelle A 5514 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker gravel pit A 5515 ⊙
  • Gun position A 5516 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Rain A 5517 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Hemishofen Süd A 5521 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker railway bridge Hemishofen A 5522 ⊙
  • Rötelacker infantry bunker A 5523 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker Wagenhausen Hof A 5524 (broken off) ⊙
  • Shelter U12 Wiesenthal A 5525
  • Infantry factory Stein Burg A 5527 ⊙
  • Hornweg Infantry Works A 5530 Eschenz ⊙
  • Infantry factory Staaderstrasse A 5531 Eschenz ⊙
  • Ik-Schild A 5539 Fennenbach, Eschenz ⊙
  • Infantry bunker EW viewing platform A 5551: built in 1960 ⊙
  • Infantry bunker EW Schaffhausen Centrale A 5552: built in 1960 ⊙
  • Flurlingen concrete bridge shelter (ZMS, observer) A 5553 ⊙
  • Small shelter Schloss Laufen, Rihalden, Laufen-Uhwiesen ⊙
  • KP Infantry Regiment 53 A 5565, Mörlen Steinenberg barrier, Laufen-Uhwiesen ⊙
  • KP Infantry Regiment 52 A 5574 ⊙
  • 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower 56 Junkerenboden A 5576 ⊙
  • 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower 56 Kyburgerstein F 6525 Unterschlatt TG ⊙
  • 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower F 6565 Espi, Trüllikon ZH (dismantled) ⊙
  • 8.1 cm fortress mine thrower Türni F 6597 Unterlatt TG: built in 1960 ⊙
  • Barricade wooden bridge Diessenhofen T 2850, explosive object M0731 (dismantled) ⊙

  • Infantry bunker EW Schaffhausen Centrale A 5552 (Scharten, second row of windows on the left)

  • St. Katharinental Monastery : Bunker A 5497 disguised as a coach house

  • Diessenhofen: Infantry bunker Lände A 5502, attached to the "Unterhof" restaurant on the right

  • Diessenhofen wooden bridge: iron portcullis built in 1936 as T 2850 armored barricade

  • Infantry factory Stein Burg A 5527, Stein am Rhein

literature

Web links

Commons : Sperrstelle Rheinau  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Sperrstelle Andelfingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Sperrstelle Schaffhausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa, Patrick Geiger: Military-historical monuments in the canton of Zurich. VBS, 2004.
  2. ↑ NZZ of May 29, 2006: New findings about the Celts on the Rhine
  3. ↑ Oberland Fortress: barrier no. 651 Rheinau-Marthalen-Dachsen ZH
  4. ↑ Small porcupine: Lock Rheinau ZH
  5. ↑ bunker friends: plants in the region Rheinau
  6. ↑ Commander and Staff of Border Brigade 6: The dissolution of traditional associations. In: ASMZ . No. 12/1994, p. 24.
  7. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Barrier No. 636 Andelfingen ZH
  8. ↑ Fortress Oberland: Lock No. 643 Alten ZH
  9. ↑ Fortress Oberland: Barrier No. 646 Dorf ZH
  10. ^ Fortress Oberland: Lock Ellikon am Rhein ZH
  11. ↑ bunker friends: Equipment Ellikon ZH
  12. ↑ Fortress Oberland: Lock Herblingen
  13. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Barrier No. 649 Fluringen-Feuerthalen-Schaffhausen ZH
  14. ↑ Oberland Fortress: barrier no. 641 Langwiesen ZH
  15. ↑ Bunderfreunde: Scharenwald TG
  16. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Lock No. 634 Schaarenwald
  17. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Diessenhofen TG barrier
  18. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Barrier No. 615 Hinterfeld
  19. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Barrier No. 613 Rheinklingen
  20. ↑ bunker friends: Equipment Hemishofen SH
  21. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Barrier No. 609 Hemishofen-Ramsen SH
  22. ↑ Oberland Fortress: Stein am Rhein lock ZH / SH
  23. ^ Rheinkastell, contemporary history on the Rhine

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '19.5 "  N , 8 ° 35' 58.6"  E ; CH1903:  687,246  /  277099