SLO: Nahajate se na mestu nekdanje nemške opazovalnice #4. Opazovalnica je bila postavljena na meji med Italijo in Nemčijo, katero so leta 1941 zakoličili nemški in italijanski oficirji. Meja je bila neprodušno zaprta zgradila pa jo je nemška vojaška organizacija imenovana TODT, v sodelovanju z nemško polvojaško organizacijo Arbeitsdienst, katero so sestavljali 16-18 let stari fantje. Mejna črta je potekala od mejnega cestnega prehoda iz smeri Šentjanž naprej proti Hinjcam, Vrhku in Vodalam.
Razmejitvena meja je bila sestavljena iz štirih vrst stebrov, visokih poldrugi meter zabitih v zemljo na razdalji 1,5m. Prazen prostor med stebri je zapolnjevala bodeča žica. Na nemški strani meje so zgradili mitralješke bunkerje, zemljanke ter visoke obrambno opazovalne stolpe. Temelje enega od teh stolpov lahko vidite na mestu zaklada. Take opazovalnice so postavljali na 0,5 od 1km narazen, na višje vzpetine in razgledne točke. Zaradi poteka vojne, meje in opazovalnic niso nikoli v celoti dokončali.
Na italijanski strani so Italijani postavili minsko polje v širini 10m in žične pregrade. Ta del minskega polja je bil zaminiran z lažjimi defenzivnimi minami, visoki del žične pregrade pa s težkimi pohodnimi minami. Največ jih je bilo no poteh in stezah. Poleg teh dveh so bile vmes nastavljene še mine, podobne ročnim bombam, z nasekanim lito-železnim plaščem.
Ta meja je ustavila vsak prehod ljudi in živali, dokler je ni leta 1943 prebila partizanska ofenziva.
Ljudje iz 10km širokega mejnega območja so bili po večini izseljeni, tako so bile te vasi od 1942 do 1943 po večini prazne.
EN: You are at the site of the former German Military Observatory #4. The observatory was set up at the border between Italy and Germany, border was established and marked in 1941 by German and Italian officers. The border was airtightly closed and was built by a German military organization called TODT, in collaboration with the German semi-military organization Arbeitsdienst, which consisted of 16-18 years old boys. The border line ran from the border road from Šentjanž towards Hinjce, Vrhek and Vodale.
The demarcation boundary consisted of four rows of columns, two and half meter high, driven into the ground at a distance of 1,5m. The empty space between the columns was filled by barbed wire. On the German side of the border were built machine-gun bunkers, dugouts and high defense observation towers. You can see the foundations of one of these towers at the treasure site. Such observatories were placed at 0.5 km 1 km apart, at higher elevations and viewing points. Due to the course of the war, borders and observatories, they were never fully completed.
On the Italian side, the Italians erected a 10m wide minefield and wire barriers. This part of the minefield was replaced by light defensive mines and the high part of the barrier by heavy hiking mines. Most of them were trails and paths. In addition to these two, mine-like hand-bombed mines with a chopped cast iron jacket were set up.
This border stopped any crossing of humans and animals until a partisan offensive broke through in 1943.
People from the 10km wide border area were mostly evicted, so these villages were mostly empty from 1942 to 1943.
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