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Thematic route

From the Donjon to Fort Ostróg

Explore the main fortress first, then Fort Ostróg: five stops without returning to the Donjon midway through your walk.

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  • Starts atBuilt on the orders of Frederick the Great
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About the route

Begin in the Donjon with Built on the orders of Frederick the Great: the royal decision, the labourers' work and successive stages of construction. Then explore 'Walls, water and supplies', connecting the donjon's architecture with the facilities its garrison needed. Its three points cover construction, wells and the garrison's daily operations.

Stay in the main fortress for the story of its defence in 1807. Next comes 'A Monument of History': the protection of the fortifications and their opening to visitors. This stop completes the Donjon section. The stories share a building pin, which does not mark separate rooms or every historic well.

Only then head to Fort Ostróg, on the other side of the Srebrna Pass. The final card tells the story of the escape from Oflag VIII B, when prisoners used a hole in a bricked-up window and ropes made from sheets. Fort Ostróg provides a reference point for the camp's history, not the site of the escape described. There is no need to return to the Donjon after this part of the route.

Stops along the way (5)
  1. Ilustracja Twierdzy Srebrna Góra z lotu ptaka1Point of interestBuilt on the orders of Frederick the GreatTwelve years of work, thousands of labourers and forts built in stages along the rocky ridges of the Sudetes.Quiz
  2. Ilustracja Twierdzy Srebrna Góra z lotu ptaka2Permanent exhibitionWalls, water and suppliesThree aspects of a working fortress: the donjon's construction, its water supplies and facilities for the garrison.
  3. Ilustracja Twierdzy Srebrna Góra z lotu ptaka3Point of interestThe fortress's baptism of fireIn 1807, the defences faced Napoleon's forces. The fortress was not captured.Quiz
  4. Ilustracja Twierdzy Srebrna Góra z lotu ptaka4Point of interestA Monument of HistoryFrom protection of the fortified landscape to a Golden POT Certificate: successive stages in caring for the site.Quiz
  5. Ilustracja Twierdzy Srebrna Góra z lotu ptaka5Point of interestEscape from Oflag VIII BTen prisoners escaped from the fort in May 1940. Three avoided recapture.Quiz
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Where to find it
Srebrna Góra Fortress · Srebrna Góra Fortress · Thematic route
Author or origin
Live Story - propozycja redakcyjna
Reference
RTE-TSG-01
  • thematic route
  • fortress history
  • Srebrna Gora
  • Monument of History