Warsaw fortress

The urban fortress in Warsaw (here: "Twierdza Warszawa") formed the cornerstones of the overall fortification of the greater Warsaw area with the fortress in Modlin (here: "Twierdza Modlin") and the fortress Zegrze (here: "Twierdza Zegrze")

The fortress greater Warsaw (Polish: Warszawski Rejon Umocniony ; Russian: Варшавской укрепленной район , even Vistula-Narev Waffenplatz or fortified Rayon of Warsaw called) refers to a large area planned in the 19th century and partially-scale mounting that the fortresses of Warsaw ( Fortress Warsaw) , Modlin ( fortress Modlin , Russian name: Nowogieorgiewsk ) and Zegrze ( fortress Zegrze ) should connect. The entire system, which included the rivers Narew and Vistula , corresponded roughly to a triangle and was therefore also called the "Polish fortress triangle" ( Polski Trójkąt ). Together with the fortresses in Ivangorod ( fortress Ivangorod ) and Brest-Litowsk ( Brest fortress ), the “great fortress triangle” (also called “Russian-Polish fortress triangle”) was formed.

Fort Dębe was built on the Narew between the fortresses in Modlin and Zegrze . A fort was to be built in Łomianki along the planned defense line of the Modlin-Warsaw line (on the Vistula) . The construction was not carried out. The east flank between the fortresses Zegrze and Warsaw was to be closed by the construction of five more forts. Based on Zegrze, the defense positions Beniaminów , Maciołki and Pustelniki were to be built, and the forts Kawęczyn and Wawer as part of the Warsaw fortifications . The defenses in Maciołki and Pustelniki were never built, the forts Kawęczyn and Wawer no longer exist.

Napoleon was already planning to build strong fortifications in the region. The resumption of the idea and its partial implementation was carried out by the governor of Vistula, Josef Wladimirowitsch Gurko . In 1897 Tsar Nicholas II visited the fortifications.

References and comments

↑ according to other sources, the main strongholds were in Warsaw, Modlin, Ivangorod and Bresk-Litovsk that "Russian-Polish Fortress four eck"
↑ according to Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon , 5th edition, Volume 2, Leipzig 1911, pp. 578-579 at Zeno.org

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[1] rding to other sources, the main strongholds were in Warsaw, Modlin, Ivangorod and Bresk-Litovsk that "Russian-Polish Fortress four eck"

[2] rding to Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon , 5th edition, Volume 2, Leipzig 1911, pp. 578-579 at Zeno.org