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Dömitz Fortress

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Dömitz Fortress

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Please check local regulations for: Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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    May 15, 2015

    The fortress Dömitz, located on the Mecklenburg Elbufer, is one of the few well-preserved flatland fortresses of the 16th century in northern Germany.

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      June 13, 2017

      From the 13th century there was an existing here a Rundburg. In the years 1559-1565, the area was turned into a fortress, and with varying use as a prison, and partly military again. In 1894 the military use ended completely. Today, after restoration, there is a museum in it.

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        The Dömitz Fortress, located on the Mecklenburg bank of the Elbe, is one of the few very well-preserved lowland fortresses from the 16th century in northern Germany. Laid out in the form of a pentagon and provided with bastions and casemate vaults, it shows the impressive defense architecture of the Renaissance. The client, Johann Albrecht I of Mecklenburg, had the fortress built to protect the Mecklenburg state border and to control the revenue from the Elbe. Due to the special nature of the building and due to the exceptionally good state of preservation, it was placed under monument protection in 1975.

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          Location: Dömitz, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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