R-S 72 Nízká

Over het museum

The R-S 72 Nízká infantry bunker is part of the Czechoslovak heavy fortifications in the Orlické hory. It was concreted in September 1937 and assigned to the Kunvald sub-section, which fell under the engineer group command in Rokytnice v Orlických horách. The two-storey building was designed to withstand hits from artillery shells up to 180 mm calibre. It had two firing rooms with twin heavy machine guns, and in the lower floor a room for a 9 cm casemate mortar. The garrison numbered 26 men.

In 1996 members of the Klub historického vojenství Brno founded the free association Spolek R-72. Its main aim is to reconstruct the bunker to its condition in September 1938. The association has cleared the building of rubble, fitted copies of the original armoured doors and embrasures, is restoring the earth covering, brick partitions and plaster, and has replaced the armoured bell with a replica.

The bunker is also a small museum of Czechoslovak fortifications. The exhibition places emphasis on fortress mortars, and the association's members have long been completing a model of a mortar that can move on the original gun carriage. The association also collects objects related to the construction of the fortifications and studies archival documents.

Hoogtepunten

• Infantry bunker from 1937 on the line of heavy fortifications in the Orlické hory
• Exhibition on Czechoslovak fortifications with a focus on fortress mortars
• Model of the 9 cm casemate mortar on its original carriage
• Copies of the original armoured doors, embrasures and armoured bell
• Guided tours by members of the association

Vaste collectie

• Expozice československého opevnění a pevnostních minometů – Exhibition in the infantry bunker on Czechoslovak fortifications, with an emphasis on fortress mortars and a model of the 9 cm mortar on its carriage.

Beheerder

Spolek R-72

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From the car park an asphalt forest road of about 500 m leads on, then along the red hiking trail towards Zemská brána. GPS: 50°10′48.9″ N, 16°30′36.6″ E.

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