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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

The conference formed the framework for the general meeting of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network.

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.

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

Around 200 participants from over 20 countries met in Görlitz for the annual meeting of the European Institute of Cultural Routes.

The European Fortress Summer 2018 came to a close with the Cologne Fortress Days at the end of September. 18 fortress monuments from 9 countries have taken part in the […]

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 […]

In Turin, fortress experts from 19 countries presented their progress and findings in the fields of historical research, building research, georeferencing, digital heritage, culture and management as well as concept […]

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)

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 general meeting of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. elected its new board at Rosenberg Fortress.

On the 24th of April the European Fortress Summer 2018 was ceremoniously opened on the fortress Rosenberg.

During the theme week, selected fortresses were presented on the Sharing Heritage Instagram page, including Königstein, Ehrenbreitstein and Kufstein.

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

Dirk Röder presented FORTE CULTURA, the European cultural route for monuments, as an exemplary instrument for the valorisation of historical cultural heritage.

International representatives of fortified monuments and interest groups met at Spandau Citadel to establish the „EFFORTS – European Federation of Fortified Sites“ network.

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, […]

The two-day anniversary conference was also the starting signal for the third call for project applications in the current funding period up to 2020 and the beginning of a series […]

Experts from Serbia, Germany, Croatia, Switzerland and Turkey met at Petrovaradin Fortress to discuss transnational cooperation in the maintenance and marketing of fortresses in the Danube region. FORTE CULTURA and […]

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 […]

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.

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.

As part of the fortress conference, the fortress town of Germersheim officially declared its membership of the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. I

Representatives from the fortress sites in Mainz, Koblenz, Luxembourg, Germersheim, Rüsselsheim, Wesel, Büdingen and Trier-Pfalzel took part in the workshop.

As part of the City of Mainz‘s membership, the local stakeholders discussed the fortress heritage of the City of Mainz…

Erika Farkas presented the European Cultural Route Fortress Monuments FORTE CULTURA® and the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network to 67 participants from 7 countries in Arad, Romania.

As part of a contact tour, talks were held on cooperation with the Belgian fortress network „Si- mon Stevin“ in Antwerp and the city of Diest. In Luxembourg, FORTE CULTURA representatives spoke with those responsible for the „Museum Dräi Eechelen“ in Fort Thüngen about opportunities for cooperation. In a meeting, the fortified town of Pfalzel in Trier expressed great interest in becoming a member.

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Erika Farkas, Fort Monostor, organised the fortress conference „future for forts (f³) in Komarom. The programme focused on the valorisation of the fortified cultural heritage in Central Europe.

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The European Culture Route Fortified Monuments opens a new tourist experience world of exiting Fortified Heritage The European culture tourism is subtly getting a new attraction – the European culture […]

ECCOFORT meets 12 fortifications in 6 Central European Countries As a project partner, the European Cooperation Centre of Fortified Heritage reg.ass. -ECCOFORT- was responsible for the development of the culture […]

Agreement for intensive cooperation in the culture route FORTE CULTURA and presentation of the Fortified Ideal Cities in the tourism market. Josefov – the former Josefstadt – a creation of […]

From 30th August till 8th September 2013 the first official FORTE CULTURA pilot tour through Slovenia was realised in the responsibility of the Associated Partner AD PIRUM. Starting from Ljubljana […]

Project results justifying continuation of the transnational fortress cooperation During the summing up conference of the project “Forte Cultura – capitalising of fortified heritage for sustainable development and competitiveness of […]

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The concluding conference of the Forte Cultura project in Kostrzyn nad Odra that lasted from November 24 to 27 was accompanied by a small but highly captivating exhibition in Berlin Gate – the visitors centre of the fortress museum Kostrzyn.

With international participation, on 26th November 2014, the project FORTE CULTURA finished successfully with the final meeting in Kostrzyn nad Odra. During the two-day conference, the most important results of the project work packages were presented.

With the foundation and legalisation of the “Association of Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network” – “FORTS-2-MARKET” – in November 2014, there is now the guarantee to continue networking, marketing and tourism development of FORTE CULTURA in a wider range.

The first European Contact Tour of the Culture Route FORTE CULTURA started on the 30th of August 2014.

With a dedicated speech, the Italian deputy of the European Council, Mr. Alberto d’Alessandro, has expressed his appreciation for FORTE CULTURA during the implementation conference on 8 October 2014 in Verona.

Ms Agnieszka Żurawska- Tatała took part in a co- funded by the European Union Pesto Conference on the promotion and networking of EU projects in Graz (Austria) on the 2nd and 3rd of October 2014 promoting the project Forte Cultura and learning new practices concerning tourism.

“Kostrzyn fortress virtual model” is a visualization which shows 3D elements complied with historical imaging from the years: 1920 – 1925 and was created within the framework of the project “Forte Cultura – Capitalising of fortified cultural heritage for sustainable development and competitiveness of cities and regions”.

In August of 2014, the Fortress of Kufstein was officially confirmed by the Joint Technical Secretariat of the EC in Vienna as new project partner in the developing FORTE CULTURA culture route.

The region of Lviv in the Ukraine was originally included as the twelfth partner in the project FORTE CULTURA. Nonetheless, recent political, social and military events in the country have not allowed the city to actively cooperate within the project framework.

On the 4th and 5th of July 2014 at the Citadel in Erfurt the lead partner, project partners and guests participated in a workshop on the fortresses society impact and integration strategies.

There was a “Valorisation of traditional knowledge and expertise for protection of fortified heritage”, held as a part of the WP 6 a transnational workshop on the 27 and 28th of May 2014 at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Slovenia – Restoration Center (RESCEN) in Ljubljana.

On 9 and 10 April 2014 in Josefov took place the third European Conference of Fortified Ideal Cities in the frame of FORTE CULTURA project. The conference was attended by 31 experts and representatives from ten European countries Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Romania, The Netherlands and Ukraine.

During the annual ITB in Berlin the new project FORTE CULTURA caused a considerable stir. Not only the Director of the European Cultural Routes Institute of Luxembourg, Penelope Denu, has been enthusiastic when she accept with great pleasure the first newsletter of the project, but also the Scientific Coordinator and co-developer of the project, Dr.-Ing. Hans-Rudolf Neumann, ECCOFORT reg.ass. Berlin.

On the 10th of January 2014 there was a contract signed with the company COCOMO to conduct the realisation of “Kostrzyn fortress virtual model”.

Project partners of WP 6 met with other guests on 5th November 2013 in the Starhemberg Palace in Vienna to an open discussion about the applicability of the European heritage label for the area of historic fortifications.

During the International Conference „Interpretation of Built Heritage“ at 30th September 2013 of Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board in Chandigarh Dr.-Ing. arch. Hans-Rudolf Neumann, Vice Chairman and Scientific Coordinator of ECCOFORT reg. ass., was invited as speaker.

During an event of the University of Pula as member of the South East European EU funding project ADRIFORT on 15th and 16th September 2013 in Pula / Croatia, ICOMOS / ICOFORT expert and co-developer of the Central European EU funding project FORTE CULTURA Dr.-Ing. Hans-Rudolf Neumann was invited as speaker.

During an official tour of Slovenia that took place between August 31st and September 8th 2013 we were able to visit, in some cases for the very first time, many fortified places, castles, and other hidden fortified objects that for a majority of ordinary visitors of Slovenia still remain a secret.

At the conclusion of the study tour to Slovenia and Palmanova in Italy, there was a welcome reception in the city hall of Palmanova. The Mayor, Mr Francesco Martines, expressed his hope that a network such as FORTE CULTURA may help to alleviate the enormous restoration problems associated with the maintenance of a fortress.

Capitalising on the cultural heritage of Fortifications The Central European landscape is rich with historical fortresses and fortified structures. This unique cultural heritage has been recognized by UNESCO and represents […]

In the focus of the 2nd network conference of the project Forte Cultura, held in the fortress Hohensalzburg on the 25th June 2013, there was the development progress of culture route Forte Cultura from the Baltic to the Adriatic Sea being discussed.

On the 23 rd. of May 2013 in Szczecin in the Council of Zachodniopomorskie District in Mickiewicza 41 Street an informational seminar called “Transnational cooperation in Central Europe”, took place.

In connection with the Forte Cultura e-Marketing workshop in February 2013 at Humboldt University in Berlin, there was held the first meeting of “Task Force e-Marketing Fortified Heritage” in Kufstein.

During the workshop on the 30th of April in Humboldt University in Berlin the development and implementation of a new universal information database for Central Europe’s fortification heritage was discussed. […]

A transnational workshop held at Humboldt University in Berlin on the 12th of March 2013 showed the huge variety of different management models of fortresses carried out by the project […]

Several project partners had attended an International Tourism Fair (the ITB) in Berlin. During the ITB partners analyzed marketing of fortress heritage and were presented with culture, city, nature and event tourism.

On the 11th of March 2013 project partners held a 2nd Network-Meeting of the project “Forte Cultura” at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

26th February, 2013 the company GKU Standortentwicklung GmbH has oficially become the project and financial manager of the project Forte Cultura.

The workshop “Tool development for e-marketing of fortress monuments” (output 3.4.1) took place at Humboldt University Berlin on the 13th of February 2013.

The workshop analysed possible social and economic effects of fortifications on cities and regions to recover their forgotten or lost heritage. Case studies from The Netherlands, Germany and Italy were […]

On 3rd and 4th December 2012 the project partner started the development of the main project, the new Culture Route “Forte Cultura” of implementing the fortress heritage track in the […]

This workshop was about the planned pilot investment of project partner City Kronach for an audio-visual guide system in the fortress Kronach. The transnational workshop analysed the state and the […]

The funding project of Central Europe Programme “Forte Cultura” held a successful Kick-off meeting on 16-18 October 2012.