Memorial Plate in Partenen "No Bad Ending"

In the final war days of 1945, when French troops were already in Vorarlberg, a National Socialist commission ordered the demolition of parts of the Illwerke infrastructure. At the same time, a defensive installation was to be built in Silvretta village and equipped with huge amounts of explosives. In this situation, a action group formed under plant manager Ing. Romed Boss, which succeeded in preventing the demolition of the plant facilities and reservoirs. It was also possible to disarm the National Socialist troops, in order to avoid a military confrontation with the advancing French troops. Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Partenen recalls the action group and the events at the end of the war, which was erected as part of the project "15 Places – 15 Stories".