Fortress
Fort de Mutzig
🇫🇷 France · 19th century
The Fort de Mutzig, also known as Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II, is located near the town of Mutzig, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is one of the fortifications built by Germany at the end of the 19th century to defend Strasbourg.
It was the first new fortification built in what was then German territory after the invention of high explosives, which rendered earlier masonry fortifications obsolete.
Text adapted from “Fort de Mutzig” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort de Mutzig ranks #1,986 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #150 of the 524 mapped in France. Founded 1893 — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,009 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 19 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Strasbourg, 22 km away. It is one of the 57 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Alsace. It is stop 12 of 32 on the Alsace castle route, Wissembourg to Mulhouse. See how France compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort de Mutzig?
Fort de Mutzig stands in France, at 48.5587°, 7.45719°.
When was Fort de Mutzig built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1893. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort de Mutzig?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #1,986 of 8,133 worldwide, and #150 in France. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort de Mutzig?
Château d'Osthoffen, about 8 km away.
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