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Ohrid (MK): New network member comes from North Macedonia

Oct 16, 2019

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in 2019, From the member stations, General, Ohrid

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 […]
Magdeburg (DE): 2nd Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses

Oct 14, 2019

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in 2019, Conference articles, Dömitz, From the member stations, Königstein, Magdeburg, Terezín, Torgau

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 […]
Malta (MT): FORTE CULTURA® Pilot Tour successfully carried out

Sep 29, 2019

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in 2019, Malta, News, Pilot trips

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 […]
Berlin (DE): German-Chinese co-operation in fortress tourism and marketing signed

Aug 27, 2019

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in 2019, Berlin, General, Tourism management

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.
Germersheim (DE): 3rd symposium on the expansion of fortress cooperation Upper Rhine

Jun 14, 2019

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in 2019, Conference articles, Funding, Germersheim, Network meetings, 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 […]
Fort Konstantin, Koblenz (DE): Workshop “The classicist fortress of Koblenz on the FORTE CULTURA® cultural route”

Jun 5, 2019

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in 2019, Koblenz

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 […]
Germersheim (DE): Tour guides honoured with FORTE CULTURA® certificate

May 24, 2019

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in 2019, Germersheim

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 […]
Königstein, Saxony (DE): Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses

May 24, 2019

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in 2019, Königstein

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.
Algeciras (ES): Workshop FORTE CULTURA® Regionalcluster Campo de Gibraltar

May 7, 2019

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in 2019, La Línea de la Concepción, Network meetings

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 […]
Giżycko (PL): Giżycko Cultural Centre – Feste Boyen becomes the newest network member

Apr 30, 2019

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in 2019, From the member stations, Giżycko

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.
Mainz (DE): FORTE CULTURA Annual Congress and General Assembly

Mar 28, 2019

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in 2019, General, Mainz, Network meetings

The conference formed the framework for the general meeting of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network.
Berlin (DE): FORTE CULTURA® at the ITB

Mar 10, 2019

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in 2019, Berlin, Tourism management

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.
Madrid (ES): FORTE CULTURA® at the FITUR 2019

Jan 26, 2019

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in 2019, La Línea de la Concepción

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 […]
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 […]
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
Fortress town Germersheim (DE): 2nd symposium for the extension of fortress cooperation in the German-French border region Upper Rhine

Jul 11, 2018

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in 2018, Conference articles, Germersheim, Strasbourg, Ulm, Upper Rhine

Around 40 experts, tour guides and representatives of fortified monuments gathered in Germersheim at the beginning of July, including fortress cities such as Ulm, Landau (DE), Wissembourg, Strasbourg (FR), Feste Emperor Wilhelm II at Mutzig (FR)
Fortress Rosenberg, Kronach (DE): Opening Ceremony of the “European Fortress Summer 2018” in the European Year of Cultural Heritage

Apr 24, 2018

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in 2018, European Fortress Summer, General, Kronach

On the 24th of April the European Fortress Summer 2018 was ceremoniously opened on the fortress Rosenberg.
Festung Rosenberg, Kronach (DE): General Meeting 2018 with election of the Board of Directors

Apr 24, 2018

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in 2018, Conference articles, General, Kronach, Network meetings

The general meeting of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. elected its new board at Rosenberg Fortress.
FORTE CULTURA theme week in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018

Mar 31, 2018

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in 2018, European Fortress Summer, Königstein, Kufstein

During the theme week, selected fortresses were presented on the Sharing Heritage Instagram page, including Königstein, Ehrenbreitstein and Kufstein.
Karlovac (HR): Meeting on the EU project application “Monuments-4-CCI”

Dec 14, 2017

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in 2017, Funding, Karlovac, Network meetings

ECCOFORT is acting as lead applicant for a new project application for the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme.