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Mont Royal Fortress Ruins

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    November 11, 2019

    Starting in 1687, the French Sun King Louis XIV had his brilliant builder Vauban build a gigantic fortress on the peninsula mountain high above Traben. This provided camp for 12,000 men and 3,000 horses.

    But in 1698 it was destroyed again by the French themselves after the Peace of Rijswijck. Only in the last century, under the leadership of the local educator Dr. Ernst Willen Spies carried out excavations on Mont Royal using original plans from Paris archives. Today only a few remains of the huge walls, casemates and cellar vaults remain.

    There are of course various ways to start the fortress tour - this one starts at the Nordhornwerk from the Landal Holiday Resort.

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      February 18, 2020

      The exciting Mont Royal fortress:
      mosel-zweinull.de/mont-royal-eifel-kletterwald
      On the ridge of the Moselle river loop near Traben-Trarbach
      de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Royal_(Fortress Ruins)

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        January 14, 2022

        The Mont Royal fortress was built as part of the Reunion policy, i.e. the annexation policy of Louis The facility was built by up to 8,000 forced laborers at considerable financial expense and covered an area of 50 hectares, with a length of 1,600 meters and a width of up to 750 meters. The length of the wall was 2920 meters and a height of up to 20 meters. The citadel of the fortress was protected by five bastions. A crew of 8,450 soldiers and 3,000 cavalry horses was planned. The very large fortress on non-French territory placed a significant burden on the French national budget.

        According to the terms of the Treaty of Rijswijk of October 30, 1697, demolition began before the construction was fully completed.

        The remains of the fortress were excavated from 1929 to 1937, partly with the help of the Reich Labor Service. The political leadership at the time hoped that this action would have a propaganda effect against France. After the Second World War, with increasing tourism, the remains were reopened to visitors.

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