Category: 2021
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Königstein Fortress, Saxony (DE): FORTE CULTURA General Meeting 2021
29 members and guests from 7 countries met at the 2021 FORTE CULTURA General Assembly at Königstein Fortress (Saxony). Under the leadership of Dirk Röder, the Executive Board and Scientific […]
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Karlovac (HR): Workshop HERITAGE AND PROMOTION
As part of the Interreg – IPA CBC project FORTITUDE a specialist workshop on the subject of heritage and promotion was held in the fortress city of Karlovac in October under […]
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Bergen op Zoom (NL): Workshop “Forts Unchained”
In Bergen op Zoom came EFFORTS with Liberation Route Europe and FORTE CULTURA to discuss the role of fortresses in the Second World War. Fortresses were often used as concentration […]
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Dömitz (DE): Study project of the Warsaw University of Technology on Dömitz Fortress
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Under the title “Reintegration, renovation and upgrading of the tourist functions of Dömitz Fortress”, students from Warsaw University of Technology visited Dömitz Fortress at the beginning of the winter semester. […]
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‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL): Fortified town with citadel becomes the first FORTE CULTURA centre in the Netherlands
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The fortified city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch for short) is the capital of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant and boasts an extraordinary fortified heritage with its city walls and citadel. […]
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Ziegenhain (DE): European Fortress Summer
FORTE CULTURA meets renew Europe in the fortress and confirmation town of Ziegenhain. At the end of August, the town of Ziegenhain and the Renew Europe political group took the […]
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Four á Chaux, Lembach (FR): New FORTE CULTURA centre in Alsace
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The Four à Chaux in Lembach is an underground fortification of the Maginot Line from the 20th century. Managed and organised by the Association des Amis de la Ligne Maginot […]
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Germersheim (DE): 4th symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation on the Upper Rhine
The Upper Rhine region is one of the European regions with the most fortified monuments from 2000 years of history. Since the fortified town of Germersheim joined FORTE CULTURA in […]
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Pula (HR) 2021: Sustainable valorisation of fortified cultural heritage – European best practice
Online evaluation conference on European best practice 6. Mai 2021, Pula (HR), hosted by FORTE CULTURA and Juraj Dobrila Universität in Pula (HR) The joint scientific committee FORTE CULTURA / […]
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European Fortress Summer 2021 launched with press conference on the Upper Rhine
The European Fortress Summer 2021 was launched at a press conference in Germersheim on 15 April. The campaign developed by FORTE CULTURA in 2018 to market summer events in fortresses […]
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New marketing instruments “Cultural heritage fortress monuments on the Upper Rhine”
On the initiative of the fortress town of Germersheim, supported by the PAMINA Eurodistrict and the Baden-Alsace-Palatinate Tourist Association (Vis-à-Vis), FORTE CULTURA has developed a fortress flyer with a map, […]
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New FORTE CULTURA station(s) on the Upper Rhine (DE-FR)
We welcome the regional fortress group “Fortresses and defence history on the Upper Rhine 1929-1999” with the Dettenheim Bunker Museum, the Hausach Bunker Tour, the Hornisgrinde Bunker, the Neumühl Camouflage […]
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Büdingen (DE): Fortress town of Büdingen becomes FORTE CULTURA station
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With the signing of the membership application by Mayor Erich Spamer, the town of Büdingen has be- come the latest FORTE CULTURA member. The Upper Hessian fortress town not only […]
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Sandomierz (PL): New FORTE CULTURA centre on the Vistula
Sandomierz is located on the western bank of the Vistula in the Holy Cross Voivodeship. The formerly fortified old town with its central town hall square is home to buildings […]
