Fortress
Fort Gerharda
🇵🇱 Poland · 19th century
Fort Gerharda, also called the Eastern Fort or Werk II (work no. 2) – one of the forts of the Świnoujście Fortress. It is situated in the eastern part of Świnoujście, in the Warszów district, on the island of Wolin, near the lighthouse.
Machine-translated from “Fort Gerharda w Świnoujściu” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Gerharda ranks #5,822 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #258 of the 360 mapped in Poland. Founded 1859, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 496 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Gerharda?
Fort Gerharda stands in Poland, at 53.91752°, 14.28604°.
When was Fort Gerharda built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1859. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Gerharda?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,822 of 7,044 worldwide, and #258 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 Gerharda?
Świnoujście Fortress, about 1 km away.
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