Fort Rapp
Fort Rapp is part of the 14 fortifications erected in Alsace by the Prussian general Von Moltke after the fall of Strasbourg in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and following the siege of Strasbourg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dsmntl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in France
- Also known as: “Fort Rapp - Moltke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Michel de Reichstett and Église de l´Alliance.
Église Saint-Michel de Reichstett
Church
Église de l´Alliance
Church
Photo: Ralph Hammann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église de l´Alliance is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Fort Rapp.
Église Saint-Georges de Souffelweyersheim
Church
Photo: Ralph Hammann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Georges de Souffelweyersheim is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Fort Rapp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strasbourg and Hautepierre.
Strasbourg
Photo: stefano Merli, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strasbourg, in Alsace, is the capital of the Grand-Est region of France and is most widely known for hosting a number of important European institutions.
Hautepierre
Suburb
Photo: Ctruongngoc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hautepierre is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southwest of Fort Rapp.
Petite France
Neighborhood
Photo: Ctruongngoc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petite France, in Alsatian dialect: Französel; "Little France"), also known as the Quartier des Tanneurs is the south-western part of the Grande Île of Strasbourg in Alsace in eastern France, the most central and characteristic island of the city that forms the historic center. Petite France is situated 7 km south of Fort Rapp.
Fort Rapp
- Categories: military museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Reichstett, Arrondissement de Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.64028° or 48° 38′ 25″ northLongitude
7.75642° or 7° 45′ 23″ eastElevation
144 metres (472 feet)Open location code
8FW9JQR4+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 35076129OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Fort Rapp” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Rapp”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن راب”
- French: “fort Moltke”
- French: “fort Rapp”
- French: “Fort Rapp”
- German: “Fort Moltke”
- German: “Fort Rapp”
- Japanese: “ラップ砦”
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