Annual meeting of the Study Group for International Fortification, Military and Defence Construction (INTERFEST). Provisional programme: Wednesday, 17.04.2024Arrival18:30 Welcome and dinner at Fort IV Thursday, 18.04.2024Morning: Tour of the old town fortifications and core of the fortress, including the former north and west front, Teutonic Knights' Castle; afternoon: Thorn Fortress Museum, north-eastern and eastern polygonal fortifications of the core, Jacobsfort, railway bridge Friday, 19.04.2024Morning: Fort IlI (work [...]

Provisional Programme 22.04 - Monday Fort Va, Fort V, Lectures on Fort Va, Abraham's Shelter 23.04 - TuesdayFort VI, Fort Via, Lectures on Fort VI 24.04 - WednesdayFort VII + attached battery, Lectures on Fort VII 25.04 - ThursdayFort Winiary Citadel, Museum of Armament, Infantry resistance point at Miłostów, Weir on the White Mountain and [...]

Conference programme (FR)

Annual symposium on German western fortifications of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Westwalltag incl. excursions Preliminary programme: On Friday, 27 Sept. 2024, the participants will meet to visit Cold War buildings in the Rhine-Main area as well as bunkers of the Wetterau-Main-Tauber-Stellung in the Büdingen area and the old town fortifications of Büdingen. On Saturday, 28 Sept. 2024, the participants will spend the entire day [...]