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Fort 43a "Podchruście"
(Poland - Lesser Poland - Kraków)
This fort was constructed from 1896 to 1902 as part of the Austro-Hungarian Festung Krakau and is located on top of a hill west of Krakow.
The fort was blown up by retreating German troops during the Battle of Kraków in 1945.
Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: M.S. Zybalski
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- Margaretek
Kraków - WWII grade:
- 80%
- Rating:
- 20%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
- Museum Jewish Ghetto Cracow 'Apteka "Pod Orlem"
- Oskar Schindler's Emalia Works
- Galicia Jewish Museum
Point of interest
- Bullet Impacts Hostel Renesans
- Former Warehouses Station Kraków-Plaszow
- Abandoned Anti-aircraft Gun Fort 43a "Podchruście"
Monument
Cemetery
- Mass Grave Victims National Socialism Cracow
- Graves Civilian Victimes CWGC Krakau
- Polish War Graves Cracow
Fortification
