Fort Komárno: vast, closed, and abandoned
Fort Komárno: vast, closed, and abandoned

Summary/Abstract: Due to its geographical position, town Komárno, situated in south-western Slovakia on the River Danube, 150 km from Vienna, used to have a rich military heritage. Fort Komárno, situated at the outskirts of the town, is one of the biggest fortification systems in Central Europe. The oldest parts of the fortress were built in the 13th century. During the Napoleonic Wars the Fort was renewed, and a system of bridgeheads to the fortress was created. The troops of the Soviet Army stayed at Fort Komárno for 23 years, between 1968 and 1991. Today this fortress, which in the late-19th century had a capacity to garrison tens of thousands of soldiers, is a vast ruin: empty and abandoned.

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