Fort Che of the Warsaw fortress

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Fort Che

The Fort Paget (over the years and in different languages also "Legionów Dąbrowskiego" called "Ч", "Cz", "Czerniaków", "Królikarnia", "Mokotów II" or "Piłsudskiego") is located on the Idzikowskiego Street in the Mokotów- Stegny district and was part of the inner defensive ring of the Warsaw Fortress . It was built in the 1880s. Since 1928 it has been named after Józef Piłsudski , to whom a memorial at the entrance area was dedicated in 1997. The complex is registered under the name “Fort Mokotów II” in the city's monument protection register (object number 806 of March 12, 1973).

history

The pentagonal fort, including the water- flooded ditch, had an area of ​​70,000 square meters, with the outside facilities (embankments, probably also glacis ) it covered an area of ​​30 hectares . The casemates consisted of earth-covered masonry. A subsequent reinforcement of the ceiling with concrete cannot be seen.

After modernization in 1892, the facility was mainly used as a warehouse. On January 31, 1909, instructions were given to demolish the fort . As a result, the facility was disarmed, but the building and fortification structure remained largely intact. After the First World War , a factory for special ammunition was set up in the fort. Up to 2.3 million pieces of flare , smoke and incendiary grenades as well as other mortar ammunition (e.g. for the Stokes mortar ) were manufactured here.

From 1930 the outer areas of the fort were parceled out; on the west side there were houses for Air Force officers (today the trains around Obserwatorów, Imielińska and Płychwiańska streets) and parks. Allotment gardens were laid out on the former esplanade on the throat side.

In 1939 there were fierce fighting between Polish and German troops in and around the fort, and on September 25, 1939 it was captured by the Wehrmacht . The fort was severely damaged in the fighting. After the war, (further) allotments of the association were laid out inside and outside the fort to commemorate the “veterans of the labor movement” . In the largely undeveloped apron of the fort there is an ice and roller skating rink built in the 1970s (“Tor łyżwiarski Stegny”). Immediately east of the fort is a modern transformer property from RWE (formerly STOEN).

Use today

The fort is owned by the Polish military. The allotment gardens (the houses had foundations and cellars) and garages (in the inner courtyard) that were built inside the fort after the war have been cleared in recent years, they have been partially destroyed and partially decayed. The area is freely accessible, is neither maintained nor guarded. Accordingly, the facility is becoming overgrown, damaged and used as an illegal waste dump. Investors are trying to use it for real estate development. Part of the casemates in the inner courtyard and the water-filled moat have been preserved. The former metal drawbridge on the throat side is now fixed.

  • View from the southeast (former fortress paleon ) of the now forested fort

  • Today's entrance via a bridge of the fort, which is completely surrounded by water

  • Interior front wall of the preserved casemates in the inner courtyard

  • Preserved brick masonry

References and comments

  1. ↑ this street, named after the Polish air force major Ludwik Idzikowski (1891–1929), today separates the fort from the former esplanade directly behind the gorge side
  2. ↑ so the units of the 46th Infantry Division fought here , according to 46infanterie-division.de

Web links

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Coordinates: 52 ° 11 ′ 20 ″  N , 21 ° 2 ′ 24 ″  E