page_title: Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud
section_title: Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud / Museum
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: leichtes Maschinengewehr, Kasematte Marckolsheim-Süd, Maginot-Linie
context_page_description: The Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud is a pre-World War II fortified position near the Rhine river in eastern France. The casemate was part of an extension of the Maginot Line fortifications along France's border with Germany. As a unit of the Fortified Sector of Colmar, the casemate was part of French defenses during the German assault of 15–18 June 1940, Operation Kleiner Bär. It has been preserved and is part of a museum focusing on the Rhine section of the Maginot Line. The museum is located at the eastern edge of the town of Marckolsheim.
context_section_description: Marckolsheim Sud was restored in 1972 and houses a museum, the Musée Mémorial de la Ligne Maginot du Rhin.
caption: Automatic rifle embrasure
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