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Fort Constantin

Germany · 19th century

Founded
1827
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Koblenz
Coordinates
50.3503°, 7.58583°
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Fort Constantin in Germany
Photo: Rolf Kranz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Constantin or Fort Grand Duke Constantine (German: Fort Großfürst Konstantin, Fort Konstantin) is a historical fortress in Koblenz-Karthause district of Koblenz, Germany, built in 1827/1828. It was part of the Prussian fortress system of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein. It was named after the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. Currently it is a tourist destination managed by PRO KONSTANTIN e. V.

It is under the protection of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

Text adapted from “Fort Konstantin (Germany)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort Constantin ranks #5,926 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #521 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1827, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 33 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 1 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. It is stop 27 of 32 on the Rhine castle route, Bingen to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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