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December 9, 2017

Fort VII (Zollstock), east of the railway line to Trier; March 1874-1877: built, used by foot artillery regiment 9, according to a document of the 20s, HstAK 902/168/1: preservation of the dormer barracks; Preparation of the debris fields to a sports facility; 1923: redesign by Fritz Encke to the green fort with sports facility; around 1926: Installation of allotments; 1930: football club Borussia, bachelor club St. Bruno; 1939: shooting gallery, three tenants; World War II: Flakstellungen, accommodation of foreign forced laborers; 1943/44: air raid shelter; after 1945: warehouses, timber trade, car recycling, small engine repair service, electrical workshop; 1951: 21 tenants; 1965: 19 tenants; 1978: 14 tenants; 1980s ff .: various businesses (cf after 1945); 1999ff .: planning of a hotel complex with wellness facilities based on the reconstruction of all parts of the fort; today vacancy (property of the Federal Railways); received today: Kehlkaserne, flank walls recognizable in small traces.

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Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festungsring_Köln

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daha

October 6, 2018

The big Fort VII is located east of the railway line to Trier. The fortress was built from March 1874 to 1877.

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yves klein

August 9, 2021

Rose bed! One of the very few that has not yet been flattened by the Green Spaces Office under pretexts.

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Fort VII (Zollstock)

1. Rhein Riverbank Near Köln – Rodenkirchen Riviera Beach loop from Brühl-Kierberg

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