Osowiec Fortress
Fortaleza de Osowiec
Osowiec Fortress (Street Osowiec – Twieddza 8, Goniadz) – this fort was built by the Czarist Russian forces in this part of Poland during the late 19th & early 20th centuries. These forces used the then-original construction technique of making their fortifications entirely from poured concrete monoliths. It was also of an unusual size (its circumference was 2.6km) and contained, in addition to the usual military buildings, an army barracks, warehouses, brick and wooden housing and a church. The tsarist fortifications proved successful as the fortress was attacked three times by the German Army in World War I and never captured. However during the war in 1939 the fortress did not play any role as the German Army went around the Biebrza Marshes at this point. Call for details: +48 857380620