• 4 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Boyen Fortress. ... During Second World War, the fortress was not involved in military operations.
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  • Worth a visit although from the outside it looks like nothing much is there apart from the walls of a fortress . ... Things to do near Boyen Fortress.
  • The Boyen Fortress in Giżycko was built between 1843 and 1855 as a point of strategic importance as it blocked the pass between lakes Niegocin and Kisajno.
  • The name comes from the initiator and originator of the construction of the object - Herman von Boyen. The fortress is a six-pointed polygon, with an area of 100 ha.
  • The fortress could hold around 3000 soldiers. ... Since 1945 the Boyen Fortress was passed into the hands of the Polish Army which only used it in a limited way.
  • The Russians tried to enter Prussia at the outset of the war, but found Fortress Boyen and other battlements built in the area to be an insurmountable obstacle.
  • Two years later, the fortress was given its name after one of the initiators of this project, a Prussian minister of defence, general Herman von Boyen.
  • At fortress area there is also a youth hostel. ... Boyen stronghold is really worth visiting during Mazury trip.
  • Boyen Fortress is a former Prussian fortress located in the western part of Giżycko, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northeastern Poland.
  • The Boyen Fortress was built between 1844 and 1856 to protect the kingdom’s border with Russia, and was named after the then Prussian minister of war
  • The Boyen Fortress is a historic structure that was built in 1843-1855 and was intended to block the isthmus between Lakes Niegocin and Kisajno.