Fort de Mutzig
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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.
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Fort de Mutzig | |
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Part of German fortifications of Strasbourg | |
France | |
Coordinates | 48.547778°N 7.461389°E / 48.547778; 7.461389 |
Type | Fort |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Germany |
Open to the public | Yes, not in totality |
Site history | |
Built | 1893 (1893) |
Materials | Concrete, steel |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | French army |
Garrison | 6500 |
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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.[1]