Fort Bordes
| Feste von Zastrow | |
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 Feste von Zastrow
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| Coordinates | 49°45′00″N 6°07′52″E / 49.75°N 6.131°E |
| Type | fort of type von Biehler |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1872 |
| Fate | destroyed in order to build road |
The Feste von Zastrow, renamed Fort des Bordes by the French in 1919, is a military structure located in the district of in Metz. It is part of the first fortified belt of the forts of Metz. Buried since the construction of the Eastern expressway in 1968, it is covered by a green space, although some remnants of the fort remain visible.
The first fortified belt of Metz consists of forts de Saint-Privat (1870) of Queuleu (1867), des Bordes (1870) Saint-Julien (1867), Gambetta, Déroulède, Decaen, Plappeville (1867) and St. Quentin (1867), most unfinished or still in the planning stages is in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War burst out. During the , Metz will oscillate between a German garrison of 15,000 and 20,000 men at the beginning of period, and will exceed 25,000 men before the First World War gradually became the most important stronghold of the German Reich.
The fort Zastrow is designed in the spirit of the "detached forts" concept developed by Hans Alexis von Biehler in Germany. The goal was to form a discontinuous enclosure around Metz with strong artillery batteries spaced with a range of guns. The interval between the Fort Queuleu ( Goeben ) and the Fort Saint-Julien ( Manteuffel ), being judged excessive, it was decided to strengthen the fortified line by building Fort Zastrow. The Feste Zatrow was quickly built by German engineers between 1873 and 1875.
From 1890 the relief of the garrison is guaranteed by the fort troops Corps XVI stationed at Metz and Thionville. The Fort des Bordes serves as a depot and barracks from 1873-1918. Then it is reinvested by the French army in 1919, and serves as an internment camp for draft evaders and deserters. In 1940, the fort is reinvested again by the German army. It is not remilitarised after 1945. The Fort des Bordes is closed permanently in 1954.
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