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Fort de Mutzig Ticket
Duration
2 to 3 hours
Overview
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Welcome to the Fort de Mutzig!
An imperial fortification
The decision to build the Fort of Mutzig was taken in January 1893 by the Emperor William II. The first construction work began in April of the same year. Along with the fortified belt of Strasburg, the fort closed off the Alsatian plain between Strasburg and the Vosges mountains, in order to hinder the enemy troops advancing from Belfort, to attack the German forces engaged in Belgium.
This German fort was the first built after the development of melinite, an explosive invented in 1885. From then on began a new era in the building of fortifications. This new explosive was much more powerful than the black powder previously used.