Fort 5 - King Frederick Wilhelm III

Fort No. 5 — King Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III) is a military fortification structure in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) which covered the highway to Pillau. It belongs to the ring of forts known as the "night featherbed of Königsberg". It is named in honour of the King of Prussia Frederick William III (1770–1848), who headed the state during the war with Napoleon.

In early April 1945 it was taken by Soviet troops, the German garrison capitulated, and the fort itself was heavily destroyed. Since 1979 it has had the status of a museum of the history of the Great Patriotic War. It has been open to visitors since 2010. It is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Machine-translated from “Форт № 5 — Король Фридрих Вильгельм III” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort 5 - King Frederick Wilhelm III ranks #5,492 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #111 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,181 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 5 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

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