Modlin Fortress

Modlin Fortress, called in Russian the Novogeorgievsk Fortress, is one of the largest 19th-century fortresses in . It is located in the town of in district Modlin on the river, approximately 50 kilometers north of .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fortress in Poland
  • Also known as: “Novigeorgievsk fortress”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Warsaw-Modlin Airport and Modlin railway station.

Aerodrome
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is an located in the town of , approximately forty kilometres north of central , .

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of Modlin, in the , . The station opened in 1877 and is located on the Warsaw–Gdańsk railway. is situated 2 km east of Modlin Fortress.

Bridge
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is situated 2 km southwest of Modlin Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sady and Kazuń Nowy.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in east-central Poland.

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately 6 km north-west of , 2 km south of , and 32 km north-west of .

Town
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, often simply referred to as Nowy Dwór, is a town in east-central in the with ca. 28500 inhabitants. It is the capital of . is situated 3 km east of Modlin Fortress.

Modlin Fortress

Latitude
52.43788° or 52° 26′ 16″ north
Longitude
20.67608° or 20° 40′ 34″ east
Network
Twierdza Modlin
Open location code
9G42CMQG+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44445826
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q47796
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Modlin Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մոդլին”
  • Belarusian: “Модлін”
  • Belarusian: “Модлінская крэпасць”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Modlin”
  • Chinese: “莫德林要塞”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Modlin”
  • Danish: “Modlin”
  • Dutch: “Modlin Fortress”
  • French: “forteresse de Modlin”
  • French: “Forteresse de Modlin”
  • French: “forteresse de Novogeorgievsk”
  • German: “Festung Modlin”
  • German: “Festung Nowogeorgiewsk”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο του Μόντλιν”
  • Hausa: “Ginin Modlin”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת מודלין”
  • Hungarian: “Modlini erőd”
  • Hungarian: “Novogeorgijevszki erőd”
  • Hungarian: “Novogeorgijevszki erődrendszer”
  • Japanese: “Modlin要塞”
  • Japanese: “モドリン要塞”
  • Korean: “모들린 요새”
  • Latvian: “Modlinas cietoksnis”
  • Latvian: “Novogeorgijevskas cietoksnis”
  • Lithuanian: “Modlino tvirtovė”
  • Lithuanian: “Novogeorgijevsko tvirtovė”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fortalesa de Modlin”
  • Persian: “دژ مودلین”
  • Polish: “Nowogeorgijewsk”
  • Polish: “Nowogieorgiewsk”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Modlin”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Nowogeorgijewsk”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Modlin”
  • Russian: “Крепость Модлин”
  • Russian: “Модлин”
  • Russian: “Модлинская крепость”
  • Russian: “Новогеоргиевская крепость”
  • Slovak: “Pevnosť Modlin”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Modlin”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza Modlin”
  • Swedish: “Modlin”
  • Ukrainian: “Модлинська фортеця”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Modlin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Muzeum Twierdzy Modlin - Prochownia 197 and Replika TKS 1.

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