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. In this way, the town of Germersheim aims to further qualify its tourist offers and reach an international market. At the same time, there is great interest in expanding cooperation with other fortress towns and fortress monuments in the German-French border area of the Upper Rhine region, developing joint tourist offers and presenting them on the tourism market with FORTE CULTURA.