Description of the Feste

SUMMARY :

⟩ HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
⟩ DESCRIPTION OF THE FEST
     ⟩ BUILDINGS
     ⟩ WEAPONS
     ⟩ OBSERVATION
     ⟩ TECHNICS
     ⟩ COMPANIES AND RETAILER
     ⟩ THE « NAMENSTEIN »
     ⟩ AN INTRUDER IN THE FORT PARKING LOT
⟩ PICTURES
⟩ GERMAN AND FRENCH FORTIFICATIONS 1870-1945

Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II – 1939-1945

An absolutely unique fortification.

The Fort of Mutzig entirely occupies a Vosges sub-hill ideally located to dominate the plain of Alsace, the outlet of the Bruche Valley and control the roads and railway lines between the Vosges and Strasbourg.

The Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1916

Extraordinary figures

Height374 to 398m
374 to 398m254 ha
Duration of building22 years
Number of buildings~50
Kitchen40 000m²
Backeries500 000 m3
Construction15 Million Goldmark
War garrison7 000 men