Category: 2019
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Petrovaradin (RS) 2019: International Conference “Fortresses of Tomorrow”
In late August 2019, the historic Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia, hosted an interdisciplinary international conference titled “Fortresses of Tomorrow: Balance between Cultural Heritage Safeguarding and Entertainment.”
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Antwerp (BE): EFFORTS Annual Congress 2019 “Fortified Heritage and Water, The European Dimension”
The fortified city of Antwerp hosted this year’s general meeting of EFFORTS (European Federation of Fortified Sites), during which Dirk Röder (European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V.) was elected to the board of the European network. EFFORTS is a lobby organisation for fortresses based in Brussels and does important work for the preservation…
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Brussels (BE): FORTE CULTURA© meets Liberation Route Europe
Fortress monuments and the Second World War have many points of contact. The European cultural route “Liberation Route Europe”, certified by the Council of Europe in 2019, leads along remembrance routes to the historical sites of the Second World War in Europe. Remy Praud (Director LRE) and Dirk Röder (European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing…
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Cologne (DE): Symposium “One Hundred Years of Cologne’s Green Lung – From Historical Defences to a Future-Oriented Green System” at the Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne
The Polish curator of the FORTE CULTURA® Scientific Advisory Board, Marcin Gorski, gave the introductory lecture during the symposium “One Hundred Years of Cologne’s Green Lung – From Historical Defence Facilities to a Future-Oriented Green System” on 23 November 2019 at the Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne. In addition, Hans-Rudolf Neumann, in…
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Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA® meets Route of Reformation
Following on from the discussions at the annual meeting of the cultural routes in Sibiu, representatives of the Routes of Reformation and FORTE CULTURA® met in Berlin to discuss interfaces and joint activities. Among other things, the possibilities for joint travel themes and routes were explored and co-marketing activities were discussed. Reformation and fortress construction…
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Ziegenhain (DE): Conference on the cultural heritage of fortified monuments in Hesse and Thuringia
Ziegenhain is not only an impressive fortress town and therefore a stop on the FORTE CULTURA cultural route, it is also part of the GrimmHeimat and Rotkäppchenland network, touches on the German Fairy Tale Route and many other cultural themes. This gave Schwalm-Touristik the opportunity to discuss the possibilities of fortress tourism together with our…
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Ohrid (MK): New network member comes from North Macedonia
Ohrid is a town in the south-west of the Republic of North Macedonia on Lake Ohrid on the border with Albania. The town is known for its medieval churches and monasteries in the beautiful old town and the Samuel’s Fortress above the town, which dates back to Czar Samuel in the 11th century. After an…
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Magdeburg (DE): 2nd Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses
Rainer Nitsche, Deputy Mayor of Magdeburg in Department III Economy, Tourism and Regional Cooperation, opened the “2nd Elbe Fortress Cultural Heritage Forum”, which was attended by the Mayor of Dömitz as well as representatives from Stade, Königstein, Terezin (CZ), Torgau, Dresden and the fortress network. Among other things, joint marketing instruments for the new regional…
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Sibiu (RO): 9th Annual Advisory Forum of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe
Around 80 representatives of European cultural routes, the Cultural Routes Institute from Luxembourg and the EPA* member states met for the annual meeting of the Council of Europe’s cultural routes in Sibiu, Romania.
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Malta (MT): FORTE CULTURA® Pilot Tour successfully carried out
Author: Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann As part of a FORTE CULTURA pilot tour to Malta and Gozo, initial contacts were established with the Maltese state heritage organization HERITAGE MALTA. The participants of the pilot tour, coming from four European countries, were impressed by the renovation and restoration work carried out on the fortifications in Malta and…
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Berlin (DE): German-Chinese co-operation in fortress tourism and marketing signed
Representatives of the Chinese city of Shouzhou, the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network, ECCOFORT and ICOFORT signed a memorandum of understanding in Spandau Citadel on the development of friendly and cooperative relations for fortress tourism and marketing.
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Germersheim (DE): 3rd symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation Upper Rhine
This year’s symposium focussed on cross-border cooperation between the fortress monuments on the Upper Rhine. The first results of the “Vis-á-Vis” (Baden-Alsace-Palatinate) tourism community’s project to develop regional tourism modules for fortresses and an accompanying research project at the University of Karlsruhe were presented. The results of the project can be used to create reliable…
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Fort Konstantin, Koblenz (DE): Workshop “The classicist fortress of Koblenz on the FORTE CULTURA® cultural route”
Under the leadership of Koblenz’s Head of Cultural Affairs Dr Margit Theis-Scholz, the workshop brought together around 20 interdepartmental stakeholders to discuss the future of Koblenz Fortress in connection with the European cultural route FORTE CULTURA®. The result is the formation of a working group con- sisting of the departments of culture, tourism, marketing, business…
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Germersheim (DE): Tour guides honoured with FORTE CULTURA® certificate
Four long-standing tour guides from the town of Germersheim have successfully completed their qualification as tour guides with a FORTE CULTURA® certificate. To mark the occasion, Mayor Marcus Schaile presented Brigitte Hoffmann, Kurt Burger, Andreas Baus and Erich Fleischer with their certificates last Friday. “I congratulate you warmly and am delighted that you will now…
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Königstein, Saxony (DE): Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses
How can the 25 historic fortresses along the Elbe support each other in marketing themselves to tourists? This was the key question at a conference that brought together 15 representatives of important Elbe fortifications from Germany and the Czech Republic at Königstein Fortress.
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Algeciras (ES): Workshop FORTE CULTURA® Regionalcluster Campo de Gibraltar
On the initiative of our member La Línea de la Concepcíon (ES), representatives of fortress monuments and tourism professionals from the Campo de Gibraltar tourism region met for the first time to discuss the topic of “Developing regional fortress tourism with FORTE CULTURA®”. The requirements and objectives for fortress tourism in the region were discussed…
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Giżycko (PL): Giżycko Cultural Centre – Feste Boyen becomes the newest network member
Boyen Fortress was built from 1843 as a Prussian ring fortress in what is now Giżycko, formerly Lötzen, and was one of the most powerful fortresses in Masuria.
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Mainz (DE): FORTE CULTURA Annual Congress and General Assembly
The conference formed the framework for the general meeting of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network.
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Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA® at the ITB
The International Tourism Exchange Berlin once again offered a good opportunity for an exchange with network members, potential co-operation partners for fortress tourism and fortress marketing from all over the world.
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Madrid (ES): FORTE CULTURA® at the FITUR 2019
The Campo de Gibraltar stand at Spain’s largest international travel trade fair in Madrid was very busy. José Juan Franco Rodríguez, mayor of our network member La Línea de La Concepcíon, gave an impressive presentation of his fortress location La Línea and the European cultural route FORTE CULTURA® with information material and a vid- eo.
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Torgau (DE): Grenadierbataillon von Spiegel e.V. becomes a new network member
Torgau is the only large fortress system in Saxony that has been partially preserved.
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