#prusian

As Mariusz Wojciechowski writes, "the lecture will be devoted mainly to the 19th-century Prussian and German fortifications located on the Baltic coast, built before the outbreak of World War I. Military architecture from this period was mostly based on urban fortifications: Stralsund, Szczecin, Kołobrzeg, Gdańsk and Królewiec. Fortifications were extensively expanded starting in the 18th century (e.g. in Szczecin), and in the 19th century they were transformed into fortresses that came under the supervision of the state military services. At the same time, in the 19th century, new fortifications were built, not related to urban organisms, but to ports (e.g. Świnoujście, Piława and Klaipeda). The lecture will be richly illustrated.