Tag: Elbe
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Elbe Fortresses (DE-CZ): New FORTE CULTURA Image Folder
In a cross-border cooperation, the Elbe fortresses Grauerort, Dömitz, Magdeburg, Torgau, Dresden, Pirna, Stolpen, Königstein, Terezín, and Prague have developed and financed new FORTE CULTURA marketing tools. An attractive image folder for the Elbe fortresses was produced in three languages, providing an overview of the cultural heritage of fortress monuments along the Elbe. An additional…
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Dresden (DE): Project Consultancy Elbe-Festungen
At the end of February, representatives of the fortresses in Stade, Königstein, Terezín (CZ), Torgau, Pirna, Magdeburg and Dresden (here Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen gGmbH) as well as the Elbe Cycle Route and our network met at the Albertinum in Dresden. The aim of the consultation was to further develop the cooperation of…
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Stade (DE): Grauerort Fortress becomes a new network member on the Elbe
Fort Grauerort, a Prussian fortress pearl on the Elbe, was built in the 19th century and developed into an attractive cultural location in the Hanseatic city of Stade under the auspices of the Festung Grauerort e.V. association. The association signed its network membership on 25 February 2020, making it the fourth member of the FORTE…
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Dömitz (DE): The ideal fortress town of Dömitz becomes a new network member on the Elbe
Dömitz Fortress is widely known along the Elbe. What is far less well known is that the fortress is actually the citadel of the former fortified ideal town of Dömitz, which was built in the Renaissance style. Mayor Reinhold Suhrau signed the membership in our network at the end of December, thus strengthening the FORTE…
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Magdeburg (DE): 2nd Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses
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 as well as representatives from Stade, Königstein, Terezin (CZ), Torgau, Dresden and the fortress network. Among other things, joint marketing instruments for the new regional…
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Königstein, Saxony (DE): Forum Cultural Heritage Elbe Fortresses
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.
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Königstein Fortress (Saxony) joins the 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, Königstein Fortress is joining the European Fortress Tourism and Fortress Marketing Network e.V. and thus becoming part of the European Fortress Monuments Cultural Route „FORTE…
