Mackensen-Tunnel?

Enclosed is a photo of what is described as the "Mackensen Tunnel", somewhere in Rumania, in 1916.


The original German text reads:
"Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser König von Preussen befahl seinen Soldaten diese Straße zu bauen 1916"

Any idea where was this tunnel built? I'd assume somewhere in the Transylvanian Alps.

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Any idea where was this tunnel built?

And WHY was this tunnel built...? And from the photo I cannot tell... how large the tunnel diameter was? Just enough to fit a person or, wider, for trucks to go inside....?

When I was hichhicking, I heard a story from a retired truck driver, who fits this topic.When he was young, on communist period ,he worked as truck driver at the milk proccessing company PROLA. That company used an old german tunnel as cheese depot, because of climatic conditions inside. His older colleagues told him that tunnel was built by germans durring ww1. The tunnel was blocked at some distance by a brick wall. They told him the tunnel was very long , but the other entrance colapsed and the authorities built the wall. The entrance was near Sinaia, and the colapse exit near Moroieni village area (Pucioasa-Dambovita). The entrance was big enough for his truck to go inside.

Iteresting. Did he say where exaclty the entrance was near Sinaia?

That indeed sounds like the tunnel I mentioned earlier.
Now, one might think: what's behind the brick wall?

Gen. Dénes

Here are some details about the abandoned tunnel near Sinaia: Izvor Tunnel.

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Some more information on the Izvor Tunnel: The Mysterious Tunnel Located in the Hearts of Bucegi Mountains.

My mother moved, during the war, from Buc. to Busteni.
When bombardments started,the people use to hide in a deep tunnel.
My mother was 8-9 years old ,and cannot tell details.

A few years ago,I saw on tv a documentary about a tunnel in the Bucegi.
There were rumors that the tunnel was dug by an Austro-Hun. develop.comp.
When tyhe war started they colsed the tunnel and also "burried" inside a whole train.
(In order to recover it after the war).
The A-H firm disapeared after the war,and acording to the legends-the train is stil there.

That is the Izvor Tunnel.

Source: The Mysterious Tunnel Located in the Hearts of Bucegi Mountains

The map the article offers is pretty sketchy and I believe Sinaia is wrongly represented. That should be Busteni, where Sinaia is. I have found a Izvorului Valley south of Sinaia, going westwards from the Prahoha Valley foom it probably is Valea Larga railroad station station (the last station before Sinaia).

Do not blame me for the quality of the map. I did not draw it.

As for the precise location, the first link states that "the entrance from Sinaia was situated on the right side of the valley of Prahova river, in Izvor village, at 4 km downwards from Sinaia Railway Station". I hope this will help you locate the tunnel.