World War II Memorial - Münchenstein, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 31.637 E 007° 37.488
32T E 396483 N 5264677
A small obelisk in the woods north of Münchenstein commemorating the soldiers that served here during WWII.
Waymark Code: WMFVTX
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 12/05/2012
Views: 7
This small obelisk with a height of about one meter can be found at a hiking path in the forested hill north of Münchenstein. It commemorates the Swiss soldiers who were serving here during WWII; the closer area was part of a fortification line, the forest is full of bunkers.
Unfortunately the memorial is in a very poor condition. Most parts of the inscription are not legible anymore.
Two sides are blank. The south face has a colored coat of arms of Switzerland, the text "Aktivdienst 1940" (active service) and three lines of unidentified text, I could only read the word "einer" (a German article).
The west side has a fainted coat of arms of the canton Bern and the military unit that was based here. The numbers are not legible anymore, but they must have been from Bern (the memorial is located in Baselland).
Date of Dedication: 01/01/1940
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: The hiking path from the covered bridge uphill, it's on the right side of the path about 150 meters after entering the forest
Commemoration: Swiss soldiers serving here in WWII
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
Location of waymark: Not listed
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