Category: General
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Alsace (FR): Tourisme Destination Alsace (ADT) becomes a FORTE CULTURA member
Alsace Destination Tourisme (AD) is the travel agency of the European Community of Alsace and is responsible for the development and promotion of tourism, especially in cross-border co-operation. Due to the chequered French and German history of Alsace, there are many fortified monuments in the region. Together with FORTE CULTURA, the ADT would like to…
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Germersheim (DE): 5th symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation on the Upper Rhine
Youth exchange and inclusion was the theme of this year’s symposium on the Upper Rhine. A good 30 representatives of the Upper Rhine fortress monuments gathered in the town hall of the fortress town of Germersheim to find out about project ideas, funding opportunities and best practices in the field of youth encounters and inclusion.…
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FORTE CULTURA Study Tour: Croatia – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina
In September 2022, the study tour led to the fascinating fortress heritage around the Bay of Kotor, with fortification structures of the Venetians, the Ottomans, the Habsburg Monarchy, the Second World War, and the Cold War. In addition, the fortresses in Trebinje, Herceg Novi, Dubrovnik, Tivat, and Budva were visited.(Photos: H.-R. Neumann) Expansion of contacts…
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Venice (IT): Conference on Fortified Systems: From Border Places to European Cultural Corridors
A culturally, ecologically and scientifically open concept for the cultural heritage of fortress monuments VENICE – FORTE MARGHERA | 15-16 September 2022 “Frontier places and European cooperation”. This theme, which has an important historical and commemorative value, is also important in future cultural and social cooperation, not only between European countries. We think that border…
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Banja Luka (BA): Final conference of the FORTITUDE project
The Interreg – IPA CBC project FORTITUDE reached its crowning conclusion in Bosnia. The event presented the outstanding results of the project partners in the field of regional and cross-border developments for fortress tourism. FORTE CULTURA and EFFORTS, who led the 2021 expert workshop on heritage digitisation and promotion in Karlovac (HR) as part of…
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Germersheim (DE): Fortress tour for blind and visually impaired people established
As part of a project funded by Aktion Mensch in the “#1 Barrier less” programme, a fortress tour for blind and visually impaired people was set up in collaboration with FORTE CULTURA. The circular route leads through the most striking part of the fortress town of Germersheim and is equipped with tactile signs in Braille.…
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Armenia: FORTE CULTURA study tour successfully carried out
Originally planned for 2020, the FORTE CULTURA study tour with Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann could only be carried out now due to the pandemic. The study tour led from Yerevan to Amberd, Dashtadem, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Lori, Haghpat, Dilijan, Sevan, Bjni, Yeghegis, Tatev, and back via Smbataberd. Armenia’s fortress heritage is rooted in the Christian struggle to…
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Medzhybizh (UA): Medzhybizh Fortress becomes first FORTE CULTURA station in Ukraine
During the International Expert Conference in Terezín, FORTE CULTURA officially designated the Ukrainian fortress Medzhybizh as a full member of the network. The fortress on the banks of the Bug River had previously been a passive network member. With this upgrade, Medzhybizh now becomes the first official station of the European Cultural Route in Ukraine.…
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Terezín (CZ) 2022: International Fortress Conference
The Terezín International Fortress Conference aims to draw attention to today’s challenges for the cultural heritage of fortified monuments and to present best practices in cross-border cooperation, projects and networking.
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Wroclaw (PL): FORTE CULTURA at the tourism fair
From 4-6 March, the Targi Turystyki International Tourism Fair took place in the stadium in Wroclaw (PL). FORTE CULTURA was present at the Königstein Fortress stand as well as at the joint stand of Seelow-Kostrzyn nad Odra and was able to inspire many guests for the diverse stations of our cultural route, especially in Poland.…
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Hatten (FR): Musée de l’Abri de Hatten becomes new FORTE CULTURA centre in Alsace
The Abri de Hatten is located in Hatten in Alsace, approx. 50 km from Strasbourg and 40 km from Karlsruhe. Abri means shelter, which is a bit of an understatement for a bunker of the Maginot Line, which was designed for 220 men. The Musée de l’Abri dedicates its 28 exhibition rooms to the moving…
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Germersheim (DE): Aktion Mensch project “#1 Barrier Less” approved
FORTE CULTURA, in partnership with the city of Germersheim, has received funding of €5,000 from Aktion Mensch. Within the framework of the “#1 Barrier Less” initiative, the Germersheim fortress will become more accessible for blind and visually impaired visitors. The project aims to create a circular route around the Weißenburger Gate with Braille signage. The…
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Study project of the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology on the Dömitz Fortress
Reintegration, refurbishment and upgrading of the tourist functions of Dömitz Fortress Project partner: Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology, Municipality of Dömitz, FORTE CULTURA e.V. Network of the European Cultural Route Fortified Monuments Tutor: assistant professor PhD Ing. Arch. Marcin Górski, M.Sc. Ing. Arch. Aleksandra Lewicka The project was carried out by students of…
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Prague (CZ): Vyšehrad Fortress becomes FORTE CULTURA station in Prague
The Prague Vyšehrad National Cultural Monument becomes the first FORTE CULTURA member in the Czech Republic. The fortress above the Vltava River offers a beautiful view over the Czech capital as well as a museum, a cathedral and many leisure activities. Prague Vyšehrad was already involved in the activities of the FORTE CULTURA regional cluster…
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Cochem (DE): Bundesbank bunker as new FORTE CULTURA station on the Moselle
The Bundesbank bunker in Cochem was a carefully guarded and camouflaged secret of the FRG for decades. During the Cold War, 15 billion Deutschmarks were stored here on around 1,500 square metres as secret emergency currency for emergencies. Since 2016, the former nuclear defence bunker has been an exciting museum of German history during the…
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Bellheim (DE): Queichlinie strengthens regional network on the Upper Rhine
Now that the municipality of Bellheim has joined the FORTE CULTURA network, a large section of the Queich line has become a new stop on the European Cultural Route. The Queich is a small river that rises in the Palatinate Forest and flows into the Rhine near Germersheim. In the 18th century, the Queich lines…
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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 Advisory Board presented a highly impressive performance report on the activities and results of the last 15 months. Highlights included the positive network development, project…
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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 the direction of Dirk Röder and Rafael Deroo. Project partners are the Sibenik Cultural Fortress with The ideal fortress town of Karlovac (both HR), the…
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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 camps and prisons during the Second World War or were the scene of heavy warfare. Many of these sites are now memorials and offer exhibitions…
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Dömitz (DE): Study project of the Warsaw University of Technology on Dömitz Fortress
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. All areas of the fortress and former ideal fortress town were analysed in a four-day survey in order to develop concepts and proposed solutions over…
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‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL): Fortified town with citadel becomes the first FORTE CULTURA centre in the Netherlands
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. Den Bosch is also extremely innovative in its approach, as can be seen in the visitor centre in the Bollwerk Sankt Johann, a multi-storey car…
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