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Face of command infantry blockhouse Můstek viewed from west side on a cloudy summer day.
Blockhouse is part of an artillery fortress Dobrošov which is one of those which were not fully completed and which was opened to the public because of its accessibility in 1968. The complex consists of seven concrete fortresses of the highest class of resistance, situated on the hill above the district town of Náchod near the village of Dobrošov.
The military survey of the terrain at Dobrošov was carried out in August 1936, taking a week. The project was transferred to field in April 1937. In May 1937 an invitation to tender the building oof the stronghold was issued. Eight building companies submitted tenders for the contract. The order was given to the company Kapsa and Müller from Prague and the construction was financed by the army. The work commenced on September 13th, 1937 under the supervision of military experts. Construction progressed quickly. At first there were 490 builders working on the construction site in three shifts. The work was interrupted in September 1938 based on the Munich Agreement. This Region was not part of the so-called Sudeten area (German speaking area of former Czechoslovakia) and for that reason after the Sudeten area had been occupied, Dobrošov did not fall under the German administration until the whole republic was occupied on March 15th, 1939.
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