14 – THE BORDERGUARDS’ PATH | Region Šumava - Bayerischer Wald

The defence of the entrance located in the rearward wall was typical for the objects type 37 in contrast to the type 36. Object 37 was closed by the door with a grate the thickness of its bars was 2 cm. It was possible to fire through it from the entry loophoole that was placed in the wall just in front of the entrance. The loophole could be covered inside by the positional cover.


There is a drainpipe in the entry corridor and the armoured door /the thickness of one centimeter/ at the end of the corridor which includes the closing gap suitable for fire.

In the late 1950s, the fortification by the west border was activated because of the tense international relationships. It was necessary to adapt the contemporary bunkers – to cover up the rearward wall with soil, to create the entry shaft from the former entrance /with use of prefabricated profiles/ and to equip them with anti-pressure door. The entry loophole has been obstructed owing
to it. The equipment was supplied by a new gun-carriage UL-1. We can often see a wire cloth covering the loopholes as it was in case of prewar camouflages. The majority of the objects are adapted in this way in the area of Šumava. They had been kept in good repair until 1990, so that they were ready for an immediate use.