Artilleriewerk Gütsch, Military fortification in Uri, Switzerland

Artilleriewerk Gütsch is a military fortress built into the mountainside in Uri at 2300 meters elevation. The installation features three armored turrets equipped with 10.5 cm cannons and five reinforced machine gun positions carved into the rock.

Construction started in 1941 and the fortress became operational by October 1942, with interior work continuing until June 1944. It was built during World War II as a strategic defensive position.

The fortress was operated by the Festungsartilleriekompanie 12/5 (later Fest Art Kp I/5) with about 300 men, and also housed the Abteilungsfeuerleitstelle and the Abteilungszentrale of Fest Abt 5. It was decommissioned in 1995, not 1994. Today the site is used by MeteoSchweiz for a high-altitude weather station and by Elektrizitätswerk Ursern for the Gütsch wind park with four large wind turbines.

The fortress is not open to visitors; it is a military installation that was declassified in 1995. The site can be reached by road from Nätschen or by the Z302 military cable car from Göschenen. Today the area around it holds a MeteoSwiss weather station and the four turbines of the Gütsch wind farm.

The fortress was declassified in 1995, not 1994. Its three 10.5 cm turret cannons could rotate a full 360 degrees and fire up to 22 km, covering the Oberalp and Lukmanier passes. Today the ridge above the works carries four large wind turbines of the Gütsch wind park, and a MeteoSwiss station nearby records some of Switzerland's strongest winds.