Dömitz Fortress, Dömitz

Name: Dömitz Fortress
Address: Auf der Festung, Doemitz, Dömitz, 19303, Germany
Telephone: +49 38758 22401

#1 among attractions in Dömitz

Top attraction, Military museum, Forts and castles, Museum

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The Dömitz Fortress is a bastion fort in Dömitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was built by John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, between 1559 and 1565, to secure Mecklenburg's border. The fort saw use during the Thirty Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars, and it was decommissioned in 1894. The fort is now in good condition, and it has been a museum since 1953. It is one of the few well-preserved 16th-century flatland forts in Northern Europe. ()

Local name: Festung Dömitz Built: 1559 (466 years ago)Coordinates: 53°8'32"N, 11°14'44"E

Address

Auf der Festung, DoemitzDömitz 19303 Germany

Contact

+49 38758 22401

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Dömitz

Day trips

Dömitz Fortress – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dömitz Railway Bridge, Inland dune, City Hall.

0.8 miS
Bridge
Dömitz Railway Bridge, Dömitz
22 min walk • The Dömitz Railway Bridge is a partially complete railway bridge over the Elbe River near the town of Dömitz, Germany. As constructed, it had a length of 1,000 metres and was the longest railway bridge in Germany at that time. It was part of the Wittenberge–Buchholz railway.
2.2 miSE
Sand dune, Nature, Natural attraction
Inland dune
57 min walk • Inland dunes are eolian sand dunes that are found inland, away from coastal regions.
~800 ftSE
53°8'26"N • 11°14'52"E
City Hall, Dömitz
4 min walk • City hall