Festivities Alvensleben
Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 6 ° 6 ′ 59.4 ″ E
The fortress Alvensleben ( French: Fort de Plappeville ) is a fortification built between 1867 and the First World War about 1 km west of Metz , Moselle department, in eastern France. The fortress is named after the Prussian-German General Constantin von Alvensleben , who defeated III during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 . Commanded Army Corps .
task
The fortifications around Metz still planned by France, the designs of which were mainly due to General Séré de Rivières , were not yet completed when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870. After the Franco-Prussian War 1870–71, parts of Alsace-Lorraine came to the German Empire. In order to secure these new areas, the fortresses built by the French in Metz, Diedenhofen and Strasbourg were expanded. The Alvensleben fortress was built by the French between 1867 and 1870 and modernized and partially rebuilt by the Germans between 1871 and 1891. It was created to protect Alsace-Lorraine first from a German and then from a French attack. All fortress systems of the Moselle position around Metz were built around 1871 to 1912
Occupation and war effort
The Alvensleben fortress could accommodate 1,600 soldiers and had 78 pipes and 185,074 kg of gunpowder for cannons and rifles. The Alvensleben Fortress has had two armored batteries since 1897, each with four rotating turrets with 150 mm cannons and armored observers.
The fortress today
After the Second World War, the fortress became a training ground for the French army. At the moment it appears largely cleared and neglected.