FORTE CULTURA Station: Museum Westwall-Bunker Dettenheim-Rußheim (DE)
Westwall bunker with history
The only preserved R32 bunker in Baden-Württemberg
The bunker belongs to the rare category of medical shelters, i.e. in an emergency, injured soldiers were to be treated here until they could be transported to the military hospitals. Its designation is Regelbau 32 (R32 for short). In total, only 81 of this type of Regelbau were built in the Westwall. It is the only surviving R 32 in Baden-Württemberg.
With a ceiling and wall thickness of 2 m and the typical rounded ceiling edges, this facility is one of the bunkers of the Upper Rhine position begun in the winter of 1938/39, built by the Reich Labour Service. It was later used as an air raid shelter for the civilian population. The bunker houses an exhibition of civilian and military artefacts from the period between 1933 and 1945.
The Dettenheim-Rußheim Bunker Museum is part of the Franco-German Regional Network Fortresses and Defence History on the Upper Rhine 1870-1999.
FORTE CULTURA Fortress portrait
Learn about the defence history of the Upper Rhine 1870-1999 know.
Cultural heritage
fortified monuments
of the Upper Rhine region
The Upper Rhine region is one of the most fought-over regions in Europe. Fortified monuments from all eras bear witness to this exciting cultural history. Today they are monuments full of life and culture.
Discover the history of fortress construction over the last 350 years in the 30 FORTE CULTURA fortresses and museums on the Upper Rhine.
80 years since the end of the Second World War in fortresses
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, many commemorative events will take place in 2024 and 2025, particularly in the Upper Rhine region. Memorials and memorials in FORTE CULTURA fortresses
Poster and flyer commemorative events 2024-2025 on the Upper Rhine
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