Fort Thüngen

The Fort Thiingen, Luxembourgish Dräi Eechelen ( Three Acorns German, French Trois Glands ) called, is a part of the historic fortifications of the city of Luxembourg.

The fort is named after the Austrian fortress commander Adam Baron Sigmund von Thiingen and in 1732 applied to the approximately 50 years earlier created by Vauban defense work " Redoute du Parc " around. It was surrounded by a deep ditch and could be reached by a 169 m long underground rock trench from Fort Obergrünewald from. In 1836 the fort was expanded by the Prussians and 1860 further intensified. In the years 1870-1874 it was demolished. Only the three round towers, whose rooftops oversized depictions of acorns adorn ( hence the name), and uncovered in 1991, foundation walls remained.

In the 1990s, the outer walls of the fort have been completely reconstructed. The plans of IM Pei for the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand -Duc Jean ( Museum of Modern Art) saw an integration of the fort in front of the museum building. This has successfully prevented the Dräi Eechelen the citizens' initiative Fanger wech vun.

The opening of the Fortress Museum Luxembourg dragged on for years. The somewhat controversial project is due to design errors in financing long not finished. The opening finally took place in July 2012.

The fort is situated on the slopes of Kirchberg Thiingen at Parc Dräi Eechelen. From here, there is an unusual view of the capital of the Grand Duchy, especially in the low-lying in the valley of the Alzette Districts Clausen and Pfaffenthal and on the opposite Corniche.