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Chessiloch Rock Paintings
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Eric 🖖
February 4, 2020
Mountain biking
The soldiers guarded the two railway bridges from a possible attack by the Germans. It was feared that they might use the railway line for their purposes. The line would have led from Basel via Delémont to France. Around 60 units of the Swiss Army served their watch duty in all weather conditions during the four-year occupation of the border from 1914 to 1918. also in a small rock cave on the north side of the street, which is no longer visible.
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Olaf
September 1, 2017
Mountain biking
You come by and think about what it means.
"The colored paintings on the Jura rock in the Chessiloch near Grellingen are a military and historical monument. However, it does not honor heroism, but is a testament to the boredom of the soldiers during the First World War."
Source reference: Vanda Dürring (Regional Journal Basel 17.30)
"The colored paintings on the Jura rock in the Chessiloch near Grellingen are a military and historical monument. However, it does not honor heroism, but is a testament to the boredom of the soldiers during the First World War."
Source reference: Vanda Dürring (Regional Journal Basel 17.30)
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Location: Grellingen, Bezirk Laufen, Basel-Landschaft, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland