Only one POW escaped from Festung Königstein near Dresden

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  1. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    I recently made a family outing to the Dresden area and spent several hours at the festung Königstein, south east of dresden on the River Elbe.

    A truly magnificent fortress and IMHO well worth a visit.

    The Kings stone range dominates the area and it is little wonder that a fortress was built there in Medievil times.

    There is a little WW2 History in that POW's from France and Russia were held there.

    I still have to sort the photos and put them on the forum, but I thought that I would wet your appetites with the attached site and photos.


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    Festung Königstein Near Dresden: See Germany’s Largest Fortress in the Saxon Switzerland Region | Suite101.com

    Festung Königstein


    Regards
    Tom
     
  2. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Some of the many photographs taken during the visit.

    The second website I posted peviously shows many more views which are just duplicated by what I took and which are no doubt better.


    Regards
    Tom
     

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  3. Jakob Kjaersgaard

    Jakob Kjaersgaard Senior Member

    Looks like quite a place. Thanks for sharing, Tom. Those cannons look vicious!



    Jakob
     
  4. Elven6

    Elven6 Discharged

    Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing! It seems like such a enchanting place, castles and the medieval period in general have always fascinated me.
     
  5. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Glad you liked the links and photos.

    It was a great day out.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  6. Owen

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  7. Sheldrake

    Sheldrake All over the place....

    I visited Koenigstein in 1971 when it was an "Anti War Musuem" with a big banner at the entrance showing the Liberation of Dresden by the Red Army in 1945. I was introduced to the curator who was a Staligrad veteran.

    It is a great museum.

    IRRC the POW was Giraud.
     
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