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Torgau (DE): Grenadierbataillon von Spiegel e.V. becomes a new network member

Jan 3, 2019

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in 2019, From the member stations, General, Torgau

Torgau is the only large fortress system in Saxony that has been partially preserved.

La Línea de la Concepción (ES) becomes the first Spanish network member

Oct 22, 2018

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in 2018, From the member stations, General, La Línea de la Concepción

Mayor José Juan Franco Rodríguez signed the membership documents in mid-October, making his town of La Línea de la Concepción the first Spanish member of the network. The town is located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and was founded in the 18th century in response to the conquest of the Gibraltar Peninsula by…

City Schwalmstadt (DE): water fortress Ziegenhain becomes a new network member

Aug 16, 2018

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in 2018, From the member stations, General, Schwalmstadt

Trier (DE): European Heritage Day

Jun 10, 2018

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in 2018, From the member stations

On the occasion of the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018, the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage Rehinland-Palatinate organized the “European Day for the Preservation of Monuments” in Trier together with the Association of State Monument Preservators. Frauke Vos-Firnkes, 2nd Deputy Chair of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network, enriched a podium discussion on…

Königstein Fortress (Saxony) joins the network

Sep 6, 2017

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in 2017, From the member stations, General, Königstein

Königstein Fortress is one of the most outstanding fortress monuments in Europe. For an even broader market presence and to intensify co-operation with European fortress monuments, especially on the Elbe, Königstein Fortress is joining the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. and thus becoming part of the European Fortress Monuments Cultural Route „FORTE…

City of Ulm/Neu-Ulm (DE) becomes a network member, starting signal on the German Danube

Jun 30, 2017

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in 2017, From the member stations, General, Ulm

On the occasion of the 8th Fortress Day, Mayor of Culture Iris Mann signed the certificate of accession to our fortress network on behalf of the city of Ulm/ Neu-Ulm at Wilhelmsburg Citadel. After the Great Fortress of Mainz, Ulm is the second fortress of the German Confederation that wants to gain new impulses for…

City of Koblenz (DE) strengthens the FORTE CULTURA Cluster „Fortress Heritage Rhine- Main-Moselle“ as a new member

Jun 1, 2017

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in 2017, From the member stations, General, Koblenz

On 1 June 2017, Bert Flöck, Head of the Building Department of the City of Koblenz, officially declared his membership of the network and signed the declaration of accession.

L‘Association des Amis de la Ligne Maginot d‘Alsace (Association of Friends of the Maginot Line in Alsace) becomes the first French network member

Apr 30, 2017

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in 2017, From the member stations, General

The association „Friends of the Maginot Line in Alsace“ is one of the active organisations that preserve and maintain the fortress heritage of the 20th century. Today, they play an important role in reappraising history, educating and informing people about the effects of war and destruction.