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In 1872, Kostrzyn – with Toruń, Poznań, Königsberg and Spandau – was among the most important German strongholds in the eastern part of the empire that were subject to expansion. Four years later, a project providing for the construction of eight forts around Kostrzyn was launched.
Kostrzyn was first mentioned in 1232 and city rights by margrave Albrecht von Brandenburg III. In 1300. From 1535-1571 the city was home of Johann von Brandenburg-Küstrin and the capitol of the region Neumark.
Küstrin an der Oder (Kostrzyn nad Odrą) - fortress museum. To escape his strict father, Frederick II tried to seek refuge in France in 1730. However, the Crown Prince’ attempt failed, resulting in his imprisonment by his father, King Fredrick William I, at Küstrin.
- ul. Graniczna 1, Kostrzyn nad Odrą, 66470
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The former town centre, the Kostrzyn fortress located on the headland between the Oder and Warta rivers, was destroyed by the Red Army as an act of revenge weeks before the end of WW2 and not rebuilt.
The royal witnessed his fellow conspirator’s execution from the fortress dungeon. In the Second World War, Kostrzyn served as a strategic point of resistance against the advancing Soviet ...
Before entering the walls of Fortress Kostrzyn to assess its size, you can take a walk out on the bridge over the Oder River, and even along the opposite bank. Return and walk to the narby Berlin Gate.
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Kostrzyn (known as Kuestrin by its Germanic inhabitants), at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers, was first settled by Germanic people. Slavs showed up and pushed the Germans out in the 9th century, and the two have been pushing each other back & forth ever since.
