Pejo plant

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The Pejo plant (also "Blockhaus Pejo" - it. Forte Barba di Fiori also forte Peio or Barbadifior - named after the local location) was a small fortress in the defense bar of the Austrian fortifications on the border with Italy .

The remains of the structure can be found on a rock cone at a height of 1,610 meters south of the road from Peio to Lago di Pian Palù, on the right side of the Nonsbach .

It was located in Subrayon II of the Tyrolean defense line and belonged to the “Tonalesperre” with the other works in this section. The task was to seal off the Pejo valley as a side valley of the Val di Sole against a breakthrough from the Tonale pass. To support this, another plant called “Montozzo Plant” was to be built on the opposite slope. The works road to the intended location was completed, but the work was not continued.

General Information

It was built in the years 1906/1907 and already in the concrete construction usual at that time. The planning was incumbent on the genius Oberleutnant Maximilian Freuer, who used the work already carried out by Oberleutnant Kleiner and Hauptmann Zeidler. The construction work was supervised by Lieutenant Stanislaus Navratil and carried out by the construction company of Giovanni Zontini from Riva del Garda .

The complex had two floors with a rectangular floor plan and was designed for all-round defense. A projecting bastion-like battle tower (suitcase) with a semicircular front was attached diagonally to two corners. The entire structure was equipped with rifle slots, the case on the southwest corner also had two superimposed gun casemates for the 8 cm cannons. The direction of fire pointed to the southwest in the Val Montozzo and in the Val Saviana. The factory roof was covered with galvanized sheet metal to prevent the ingress of moisture. After the beginning of the war, the ceiling was strengthened by adding a layer of earth as a buffer and laying a layer of gravel as a crushing layer. There was no ditch.

The plant was linked to the other Tonalsperre plants by means of communication such as telephone and telegraph; In addition, an optical connection to the Presanella plant could be established via a light signal .

During the First World War , the plant was not attacked by infantry. After the cannons were removed at the beginning of the war (these were installed in field positions) it was only used as a barracks and base. Since this was apparently not known to the Italian leadership, it was shot down by heavy Italian artillery from the "Forte Corno d'Aola".

Armament

The factory was equipped with two 8-cm M5 minimal -charter cannons in armored casemates and four M4 machine guns. The cannons were then set up on Cima Coni and below the Malga Pudria.

Current condition

The complex is completely ruinous and looks more like a dilapidated knight's castle than a fortress from the 20th century. The ceiling collapsed, as did part of the walls. After the end of the war, scrap collectors tore out all the iron parts and thus made the disastrous state even worse. Entering is possible.

Remarks

  1. ↑ dairy, i.e. an alpine pasture
  2. ↑ These positions could normally be found on Google Earth - but here of all places there are thick clouds
  3. ↑ The work can no longer be found on today's hiking maps.

Web links

literature

  • Erwin Anton Grestenberger: Imperial and Royal fortifications in Tyrol and Carinthia 1860–1918. Verlag Österreich ua, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-8132-0747-1 .
  • 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 ).

Coordinates: 46 ° 20 ′ 51 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 34 ″  E