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Oberengstringen

Russian Tunnel (Russians' Cave)

Oberengstringen

Russian Tunnel (Russians' Cave)

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Russian Tunnel (Russians' Cave)

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Location: Oberengstringen, Dietikon, Zurich, Switzerland

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Christian K. & Miriam

February 19, 2022

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Here is the entrance to a former tunnel that served the Russian troops in 1799 as an escape tunnel from the French troops. Was forgotten and was rediscovered some time ago.

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April 19, 2022

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The tunnel can only be entered on your stomach at first, after a few meters you can crawl through dead wood and water on your knees. You can stand further back, but you have to reckon with 5-10cm of clay water and dripping walls even in good weather. The right tunnel arm ends after a good 20m in a dead end, the left one earlier in deep water.

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October 2, 2022

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Not much to see here, as the cave has an extremely narrow opening. You have to go a bit off the path to find it; it's adjacent to a camping site.

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Elevation 510 m

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