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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 of the Home Army
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Point of interest
- Abandoned Anti-aircraft Gun Fort 43a "Podchruście"
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- Former Gestapo Prison 'Malowany Dwor'
Monument
- Memorial Deportation-location Cracow Ghetto
- Plaque Kazimierz Kolaczkowski
- Memorial Victims KL Płaszów
Cemetery
- Polish War Graves (RAF) Cracow
- Mass Grave Resistance Members Cracow
- Polish War Graves Cracow (Rakowicki)
Fortification
