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  • basket The artillery stronghold of Bouda
    The artillery stronghold of Bouda. Building from 1935-1938 is the most preserved building of its kind in the Czech Republic. It comprises of five battle buildings of the highest degree of resistence (walls and ceiling panels are 350 cm thick) and an extensive system of underground corridors and a room deep in the rock (ca. 1.5 km long). A monument is situated in the war barracks in the underground fortress, with a complete list of casualties and those murdered by the border guards in the autumn of 1938 to the spring of 1939.
    Telephone: 777647114
    Address: Tvrz Bouda, 561 66, Těchonín
  • basket Nízká - infantry cabin R-S 72
    Nízká - infantry cabin R-S 72. A double-sided infantry bunker built in Arabic resistance with a porthole for a 9 cm mortar as part of the line of heavy fortifications under the 2nd construction sub-division – Kunvald. The two-floor structure was built in the 2nd class of resistance and was to be able to resist strikes by artillery shells up to a calibre of 180 mm.
    Telephone: 606604854
    Address: 517 61, Rokytnice v Orlických horách
  • basket Hanička - fortress - military fortifications
    Hanička - fortress - military fortifications. The Hanička artillery fort is part of the pre-war fortification system built in the 1930’s mainly against the Germans. The fort takes its feminine name from a nearby settlement. The fort was composed of six defence bunkers connected by hundreds of metres of corridors and halls. The massive halls could hold large amounts of supplies, which were intended to enable troops to battle even if surrounded for a number of months. Construction of the Hanička fort was completed in 1938; however, the majority...
    Telephone: 494595393, 736752218
    Address: 51761, Rokytnice v Orlických horách
  • basket Jaroslav - infantry cabin N-S 47
    Jaroslav - infantry cabin N-S 47. Two-sided artillery cabin of 3rd degree resistance, built near Skutina fortress. The cabin is a part of the fortification line of the Czechoslovak fortification from 1938. The main loophole was removed and walled-in. Only the untraditional entry loophole has been preserved.
    Telephone: 603330083, 606909028
    Address: 51782, Sedloňov
  • basket Průsek - infantry cabin R-S-87
    Průsek - infantry cabin R-S-87. A finely preserved structure holding the original plated bell. A mortar porthole for 9 cm shells was mounted on the left side. In the sights was Komáří Hill with a lookout and a nearby road.
    Telephone: 495263409
    Address:
  • basket Skutina Fortress - military fortification
    The Skutina fortress was designed as six structures over the length of 1,350 metres (two of which were to be infantry bunkers, although only one was ever completed) connected by underground corridors with a narrow-gauge railway line. The planned military crew was to consist of 464 troops. The surface of the fortress was to be protected by a continuous line of anti-tank barriers and each structure was also to have its own anti-infantry barriers.
    Telephone: 603521468
    Address: 51782, Sedloňov
  • basket Sněžné (Německé) - light object, model 37

    Telephone: 491471424, 491471657
    Address: Sněžné
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