- 4 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Boyen Fortress. ... During Second World War, the fortress was not involved in military operations.
- 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 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.
- Giżycko’s most interesting monument of exceptional historic value and tourist appeal is the Boyen Fortress. It is a rare example of a 19th century...
- At fortress area there is also a youth hostel. ... Boyen stronghold is really worth visiting during Mazury trip.
- The history of the Boyen Fortress. Here, in the former border area between Prussia and Russia, an approximately 100 hectare facility was built between 1844 and...
- The Boyen fortress in Giżycko was built between 1843 and 1855 as a strategic construction to control the pass between Niegocin and Kisajno lakes.
- 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
- Boyen Fortress is a brick fort with ground defensive formations built on a plane of a six-pointed star. The construction is located on the so-called Giżycka Island...
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