Fort de Giromagny
Fort de Giromagny, also known as Fort Dorsner, was built near Belfort in northeastern France between 1875 and 1879. The fort forms the southern end of the defensive curtain of the Haute Moselle Region, abutting the fortified region of Belfort, which lies to its south.Photo: ComputerHotline, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: military museum
- Also known as: “Fort Dorsner”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monument commémoratif de la réunion de l’Alsace à la France en 1648 and Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Giromagny.
Monument commémoratif de la réunion de l’Alsace à la France en 1648
Fountain
Photo: ComputerHotline, CC BY 3.0.
Monument commémoratif de la réunion de l’Alsace à la France en 1648 is a fountain, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Fort de Giromagny.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Giromagny
Church
Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Giromagny is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Fort de Giromagny.
Temple luthérien Saint-Luc de Giromagny
Church
Photo: Rauenstein, Public domain.
Temple luthérien Saint-Luc de Giromagny is a church, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Fort de Giromagny.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plancher-les-Mines and Étueffont.
Plancher-les-Mines
Village
Photo: A.BourgeoisP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plancher-les-Mines is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a small village close to the ski station at La Planche des Belles Filles. Plancher-les-Mines is situated 6 km northwest of Fort de Giromagny.
Étueffont
Village
Étueffont is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Étueffont is situated 8 km east of Fort de Giromagny.
Frahier-et-Chatebier
Village
Photo: A.BourgeoisP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Frahier-et-Chatebier is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Frahier-et-Chatebier is situated 9 km southwest of Fort de Giromagny.
Fort de Giromagny
- Categories: military museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giromagny, Arrondissement of Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.73073° or 47° 43′ 51″ northLongitude
6.813° or 6° 48′ 47″ eastInception
1875Open location code
8FV8PRJ7+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 4612626561OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q1438855
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to German—“Fort de Giromagny” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Форт Жиромани”
- Dutch: “Fort Dorsner”
- Dutch: “Fort Giromagny”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دى جيروماجنى”
- French: “fort de Giromagny”
- French: “Fort de Giromagny”
- French: “fort Dorsner”
- German: “Fort de Giromagny”
- German: “Fort Dorsner”
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Highlights include Fort Dorsner and Tête du Milieu.
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