FORTE CULTURA Station: Fortress town of Germersheim (DE), Cultural Heritage Fortresses Upper Rhine
The fortress city on the Rhine
In the network of the Rhenish fortress line of the German Confederation
The imposing fortress town of Germersheim was built between 1834 and 1861 by order of the Bavarian King Ludwig I as a "bulwark against France". The largest Bavarian fortress outside Bavaria still shines in all its splendour today. Discover with FORTE CULTURA® the diverse and exciting tourist offer in the fortress town of Germersheim with scenic city tours, carriage rides, fortress wine tastings, bike and Segway tours and much more.
On the many guided tours and walks through the town and fortress of Germersheim, you can experience the impressive, well-preserved military buildings, the "Germersheim underworld", winding alleyways and romantic squares.
FORTE CULTURA Fortress portrait
Learn the Fortified town of Germersheim on the Rhine know.
Cultural heritage
fortified monuments
of the Upper Rhine region
The Upper Rhine region is one of the most fought-over regions in Europe. Fortified monuments from all eras bear witness to this exciting cultural history. Today they are monuments full of life and culture.
Discover the history of fortress construction over the last 350 years in the 30 FORTE CULTURA fortresses and museums on the Upper Rhine.
Events in the fortress town of Germersheim
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Fortress INCLUSIVE
As a European cultural route, FORTE CULTURA helps to preserve the important cultural heritage of fortified monuments and make it accessible to everyone.
FORTE CULTURA inclusion projects
Together with the Aktion Mensch lottery, FORTE CULTURA regularly initiates projects to make the fortress landscape in Germany more inclusive and barrier-free, e.g. in the Aktion Mensch programme "#1 Barrier Less". We share information from our projects with our partner fortresses across Europe at international conferences, thereby raising awareness of inclusion in fortress tourism and supporting new projects.
Please contact our network office if you would like to support our initiatives.
Experience programmes for people with disabilities
FORTE CULTURA has created the following barrier-free experiences in fortresses:
- Germersheim Fortress: Tour for blind and visually impaired people with audio files and information in Braille,
- Feste Kaiser Franz Koblenz: Audio circular route in easy language,
- Fort Gorgast: German-Polish signposting and circular route in easy language.
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