Dęblin Fortress refers to the 19th century fortifications in the town of

Dęblin Dęblin is a town at the Confluence (geography), confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which together have over 100,000 inhabitan ...

, Poland. Part of the fortress is used as a museum and the area is owned by the Polish military.

History

The fortifications were constructed between 1837 and 1847, when the territory was located in the

Russian Partition The Russian Partition (), sometimes called Russian Poland, constituted the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were annexed by the Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century Partitions of Poland. The Russian ac ...

of Poland. In 1852–1853,

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, future leader of the Polish

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against Russian rule, did his military service in the fortress. The fortress was expanded in 1879–1885. During

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, from 1915, it was occupied by the Austrians, and later by the Germans. With the end of the war, Poland regained independence and the fortress passed to the Polish Army. In the interbellum, it was the garrison of the Polish 15th Wolves Infantry Regiment. During the

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(

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), the Germans operated a

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in the fortress, designated at various times as Stalag 307 and Oflag 77. It held Polish, French, Dutch, Belgian,

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, Soviet and Italian POWs. In the post-war period, Polish Military Engineers have been stationed at the fortress.

References

External links

Twierdza DęblinTwierdza Dęblin
{{Poland-struct-stub Ryki County Forts in Poland World War II sites in Poland