Ulm Fortress (Bundesfestung Ulm) description and photos - Germany: Ulm (Topic)

Ulm Fortress (Bundesfestung Ulm) description and photos - Germany: Ulm. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Bundesfestung Ulm.

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The Ulm fortress was one of the largest fortifications in Europe in the 19th century. After the withdrawal of Napoleon's army, the German Union decided to build several fortresses in the country in order to enhance the security of German lands.

Ulm Fortress was built from 1838 to 1859 north of the city under the direction of the architect Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz. This rather typical structure for those times is a polygon with a total length of the fortress walls of more than 9 km. Inside there are multi-storey barracks buildings designed to accommodate 5 thousand soldiers in peacetime and up to 20 thousand in wartime. The weapons of the defenders of the fortress were installed both on the walls and on the roofs of the barracks. The fortress wall had 6 gates and 2 railway tunnels. At some distance from the fortress on the southern side of Ulm, several well-fortified forts were equipped. It was they who were called upon to protect the city from direct attack. The strategically most important object - the only bridge across the Danube - was located inside the fortress. There were plans for the further expansion of the Ulm fortress, but they were never implemented. And the Ulm fortress was never used for its intended purpose.

During World War II, the fortifications were partially destroyed, and the remains continued to collapse for several decades after. It was recently partially restored by the Ulm Fortress Research Society.

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