HWW-Station Tunnelweg

Name: HWW-Station Tunnelweg Description: This HWW station is part of the Historical Long-Distance Hiking Trail Wechselland (HWW). More information can be found at www.wechsel-wandern.at. Each HWW station is dedicated to a chapter from the history of the Wechselland.Topic: National Socialism 1938-1945 and Hitler's StayNorth of Tauchen am Wechsel is the Großer Hartberg Tunnel, where Adolf Hitler stayed in 1941 and where the largest forced labor camp in the Wechselland was located from 1943-45. For this reason, the history of the rule of National Socialism in the Wechselland is described at this station.Location of the HWW station:Along the roads from Tauchen am Wechsel to Ochenbauer at the Tunnelweg turn-off, about 400 meters northeast of Steirisch Tauchen No. 40. This station also serves as a memorial for the victims of National Socialism for the Historischer Verein Wechselland!