Fortress
Fort Charles
🇵🇱 Poland · 18th century
Fort Charles (German: Blockhaus, Fort Carl) – the remains of a fort on Ptak Mountain (841 m above sea level) near Lisia Przełęcz. The fort was built in 1790 by order of the King of Prussia Frederick William II as a small watchpost on the border of Prussia and Austria, with a garrison of a few men, guarding the road to Radków (the Road of a Hundred Bends).
Machine-translated from “Fort Karola” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Charles ranks #5,871 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #261 of the 360 mapped in Poland. Founded 1790, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 468 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Charles?
Fort Charles stands in Poland, at 50.4681°, 16.3348°.
When was Fort Charles built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1790. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Charles?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,871 of 7,044 worldwide, and #261 in Poland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Charles?
Lordship of Hummel, about 7 km away.
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