Baltic Fort Route Baltic Culture and Tourism Route Fortresses NEWSLETTER 2 December 2006

INTERREG-III-B-project for trans-national cooperation to develop a high quality cultural route and to rescue fortifications as cultural heritage

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The Lead Partner City of Kostrzyn has started a homepage as an information platform for the ”Baltic Culture and Tourism Route Fortresses” project and its progress.

Network meetings proof Connection of Fortress the progress of the project and City tourism rd 3 BFR-Partner Meeting in Gdańsk Fortresses had a significant impact on June 2006 the urban and economic development There are two Fortresses in Gdańsk, all over Europe, especially on the hi- Fortress Grodzisko in the center close storic structures of towns and city cen- to the historical part of town and the ters. In three important meetings the Fortress Vistulamouth in the beautiful partners discussed the great option of landscape setting of the major Vistula the Baltic Fort Route project to inten- River. Furthermore, Gdańsk has one sively combine Fortress tourism with of only a few still functioning bastions city tourism. Trips to the pearls of the of city Fortifications situated in its Old Baltic Sea region Gdańsk, Kaliningrad, Town. Kaunas and Riga are very famous, not to Gdańsk old town with walls and bastions During the network meeting the part- forget the inland with the City of Berlin. ners of the Fort Grodzisko and the Hi- A great chance to increase Fortress storical Museum of Gdańsk developed tourism is a stronger linkage between combined historical offers with a high Fortress marketing with the attrac- CONTENT cultural value. They can use the effi- tions of the city cient tourist infrastructure of the city. or region. Compared to that, the infrastructure The historical part of the Fortresses has a lot of poten- of Gdańsk, Baltic tial that needs to be developed. The Sea tourism in STRENGTHENING Fortress Vistulamouth needs to in- Świnoujście and OF THE TRANS-NATIONAL vest in the traffic and transportations Kołobrzeg ornatu- COOPERATION 2 system during the coming years. The re tourism in the keep offers a picturesque view onto rural areas such PROGRESS IN ROUTE the Vistula and the City. A walkway as Giżycko are only DEVELOPMENT 3 and the observation deck are to be a few that can be Gdańsk - Fortress reconstructed with project money. named. Vistulamouth UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT METHODS 4

RECONSTRUCTION AND NATURE MANAGEMENT IN FORTRESSES 5

METHODS OF INVENTORY AND DOCUMENTATION 6

TOURIST OFFERS IN BALTIC FORTRESSES 7

NEWS OF THE WORK PACKAGES 8

WWW.BFR.PL Test of Baltic Fort Route during the Network Meeting in Gdańsk: Project partners at the monument ”Westerplatte” on the walk to the fortress ”Vistulamouth”

Part-financed BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 by the EU 2 STRENGTHENING OF THE TRANS-NATIONAL COOPERATION

4th BFR-Partner Meeting Strategy Meeting with Guest-Fortresses - in Citadel Spandau of Berlin the representatives in December 2006 of the Fortresses Kronstadt (RU), The network meeting in the Citadel Kiev (UA), Berlin-Spandau brought great progress Magdeburg (D), in the realization of the project work Dresden (D) and Königstein (D) packages. At the same time experts looked at the of other European cultural routes and development projects exchanged their experiences of the Culture Route ”Baltic Fort Route” with each other and with tour opera- and showed great tors (see page 3). interest in future cooperation Mrs Capp from the Culture Route Institute in Luxembourg explained the tasks and functions of the Culture Formation of trans-national European Heritage Fortification Route Institute and presented the experiences of Culture Route develop- scientific cooperation and influence regional and ment in Europe. As a result a close common education of students city development cooperation and regular information Three scientific partners – the Kaunas Chief Coordinator Hartmut Röder infor- exchange was agreed upon. University of Technology with the In- med about the outstanding meaning stitute of Architecture and Construc- of Fortresses as European cultural he- tion, the Vytautas Magnus University ritages and as a great influence to the of Kaunas and the Humboldt University development of cities and regions in at Berlin – have been working on the Europe. courses for students (Fortress history Historic Fortresses have had an impor- and architecture from ancient times tant influence on the development of until the XXth century, Fortress nature cities, regions, economy, work and so- and monuments) since the 2006 sum- cial structures. Some of them belong mer. During the Network meeting in to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Berlin they also gave lectures for stu- like the Fortresses in Karlskrona (S), dents in Humboldt University. Next Helsinki (FI), Kronstadt / St. Peters- time, student courses will be given for burg (RU), Toruń (PL) and Amsterdam students in Kaliningrad as well. The- (NL). Today, these Fortresses are part se lessons will be given on the data of the regional identity and attractive- Mrs Sorina Capp, Culture Route Institute basis for e-learning using the MNEME ness around Baltic Sea. Luxembourg program. In contrast to that, a lot of Fortresses Mr Pienkoss, responsible manager of in Europe became heavily damaged INTERREG-III-B-project ”European Mrs Gruzdiene and Prof. Zaleckis from through military. Route of Brick Gothic” –EuRob– Universities in Kaunas were teaching Communities have enormous demand presented experiences of the deve- lessons for students at the Humboldt for inventory, reconstruction, monu- lopment of the culture route along the University at Berlin during the two ment protection, cultural and tourism gothic brick architecture in Baltic Sea weeks. During the Milestone 4, lec- utilization in trans-national cooperation. region. Some possibilities for coope- tures for master and bachelor stu- ration between EuRob and BFR where dents were given in three universities: discussed. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Kaunas University of Technology and Trans-national cooperation – Start of cooperation with Imanuel-Kant Humboldt University at Berlin. key for Fortress development State University of Russia, Kaliningrad The two Kaunas Universities prepare a Fortresses need transference of scien- To proxy the official partners from scientific conference in Kaunas in Mar- tific know-how, models and innovative Kaliningrad, Mrs Dr. Elena Kropinova ch 2007, supported by the sc. coordi- methods for Fortress development with represented the traditional Imanuel- nator Dr. Neumann. economic effects to mobilize added va- Kant State University of Kaliningrad in lue for the regions through an increase a BFR-Meeting for the first time. She of tourism. Fortresses are to be deve- was accompanied by Mrs Dragileva. loped as attractive centers for culture, art, leisure, tourism and nature. It The Steering Committee and the sci- includes the development of modern entific partners of the project dis- methods to Fortress management and cussed the further involvement of the marketing. This way of cross border University in the trans-national science development could solve the problems cooperation with the guests. A press that occurred as results of military ex- conference with numerous journalists pansion and Cold War in Europe: res- underlined the success of the mee- Lecturer PD Dr. habil. F. Riesbeck at the cue historical heritage Fortresses in ting. Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas Baltic Sea Region to avoid ruin.

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 3 PROGRESS IN ROUTE DEVELOPMENT

WP 4-activities: Development of Fortress documentations An analysis showed that only a few of the 14 Fortresses of the Baltic Fort Route project are really well prepared for tourism, (Citadel Spandau, Fortres- ses Dömitz, Świnoujście, Kołobrzeg, Grodzisko, Giżycko, Fort Gorgast, Kau- nas Fort IX). Tour operators don’t have sufficient knowledge about the high potential for tourism and about the at- tractiveness of the Forts, their history, architecture, rich nature and their interesting cultural Fortress life. Fortress Participants of WP 2 and WP 4 - meeting in Kaunas, October 2006 marketing is still underdeveloped. At the work package meeting in Gdańsk (February 2006), the Coordinator Mr First concept of Travelling Exhibition Analysis of Fortress marketing H. Röder initiated an agreement of During the Workshop on August, 28th, at the ITB in Berlin the partners to work out a documen- 2006 the ”Expert group Traveling Ex- The Project-Coordinators Mr H. Röder tation for each Fortress. For the first hibition” worked out main issues and and Mr Dr. Neumann analyzed the par- time one all –inclusive, standardized categories, which will be represented ticipation and the type of representati- Fortress data pool will be developed. on thematic maps and special exhibits. on of European Fortresses at the Inter- For tour operators these information The meeting took place in the case- national Tourism Fair -ITB- in Berlin in are an important basis to plan indi- mate of the Fort Gorgast, a typical February, 2007. Only very few Fortres- vidual and flexible routes along the room of a Fortress, where the exhibi- ses presented themselves at the most Baltic Fortresses. tion is to be presented as well. Four important tourism fair worldwide. To It is a new in- main issues are to be developed: enhance Fortress tourism, the marke- strument for Fort- ting strategies need to reach new qua- ress presentation ▪ Fortress history lity levels and cooperation need to be on the tourism ▪ Attractive architecture promoted. These are also two of the market. Electro- ▪ Fascinating nature goals of the partners in the Baltic Fort nic information ▪ Culture and Life in Fortresses Route project. is easy to distri- bute and spread. Start developing of marketing instruments Cooperation with an During the meeting of work package 4 experienced Tour Operator Marketing strategy in June 2006 in Gdańsk, the partners Mr DDr. Rohrscheidt, an excellent ex- Transformation of former began developing marketing instru- pert of culture tourism, tour operator military Fortresses in a common ments in a standardized design. A logo and lecturer for tourism at the Faculty peaceful Europe and different folders are part of it. All of Cultural Studies „Gnieznienska Wy- In October 2006, a double meeting partners turned in ideas for the logo zsza Szkola Humanistyczno Mened- of the work packages 1 and 4 took and the lead partner called out a com- zerska Milenium“ held a lesson on the place in Kaunas. In a ”Brainstorming” petition. requirements of the professional orga- the partners discussed the image, the So called ”merchandise products” play nization of routes and the guaranty of self-concept and their Fort’s presenta- a major role in Fortress marketing. Up high quality tourism. His company Kul- tion on the tour-ist market. Historical to now there have been very few of- Tour.PL has good expertise with Fort Forts were built as peaceful buildings fers from the Fortresses. tourism in Poland and offered consul- to defend attacks from the outside. Different proposals for special mer- tancy and organization of the first pilot Still, a lot of them have the image of chandise products that need to be de- tours under the topic ”Baltic Fort Rou- a mysterious, hidden object from war veloped for the Baltic Fort route were te”. Cooperation is being agreed upon. times, which in order affects Fortress discussed. tourism. The partners developed slo- gans as a marketing strategy and for the better development of the image.

▪ ”From war to peace” ▪ ”From closed mystery locations to public living space” ▪ ”From military to culture” ▪ ”Culture and art in casemates” ▪ ”Events in monuments” The ﬁ rst BFR information manual DDr. Armin Mikos von Rohrscheidt

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 4 UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT METHODS

WP 3 - Seminar at Fortress Practical Courses of Students Königstein Contribution to culture route Learn best practices development and students research Dr. H.-R. Neumann R.S.Dornbusch, M.A.

The mountain Fortress in Saxony / Ger- The civil development of Fortresses as many is a unique testimonial of Euro- a complex task need scientific support. pean Fortress architecture and goes The relocation of economic activities hand in hand with the development to the third sector lets underdevelo- © Festung Königstein gGmbH and history of Saxony. This cultural ped rural areas pin their hope on the Fortress Königstein in Saxony / Germany heritage has a long tradition in tourist tourism industry that on the one hand development and professional Fortress looks for natural resources such as Promotion of professional management. landscapes, nature and culture and on management of Fortresses On April 24th and 25th, 2006 the part- the other hand more and more uses ner European University Viadrina and destroys them inadequately by One of the most important require- Frankfurt / Oder organized a seminar interfering. The European University ments to conserve and maintain a for all BFR-project partners and other Viadrina in Frankfurt / Oder, Chair of cultural heritage and utilize it under interested fortifications on the Fort- Preservation of Monuments / Master a special tourist concept is a profes- ress Königstein. The seminar explo- program ”European Cultural Heritage” sional management. There are big red the multifaceted use of the Forti- is specialized in terms of compatible quality differences and deficits in fication and analysed the factors for heritage utilization and tourism plan- the Baltic Sea Region. Especially in the successful management of such a ning. Focus points of Students of the Eastern European countries, the de- facility. Hostess and Managing direc- Practical Courses were: velopment process for ownership poli- tor of Königstein, Dr. Angelika Taube Lesson units, field trips and discus- cies, responsibilities and management led the seminar personally and guided sions on the History of Fortresses, is not yet finished. Ways to long run the participants into parts of the Fort Comparative European Historic Pre- reconstruction of the partly heavily da- that are usually not open to public. servation Laws, History and Theory maged Fortresses need to be worked The Fortresses from Dresden, Terezin of the Preservation of Cultural Assets, out and integrated in city and regional and Jaromer (Czech Republic) were Project Management and Tourism ma- planning. also taking part in the seminar. Thus, nagement and planning. In the Baltic Fort Route project, the it promoted cross-border cooperation In this intensive practical course partners aim at working out a ”docu- between the Fortresses of the Bal- ”Guidelines for Tourism Planning in mentation of best practices” for the tic Fort Route as well as Königstein Fortresses” were worked out as a con- management organization of Fortres- and the Czech neighbor Fortresses. tribution to the development of the ses. This is an important contribution The second part of the seminar is Culture Route BFR. Recapitulatory, to establish a professional and sustai- planed for June, 2007 at the Citadel the following core statement can be nable management organization for the Spandau. abstracted from these ”Guidelines”: European cultural heritage Fortresses. Before promoting and developing tourism, a management plan should be imple- mented to iden- tify the mission and value of the Fortress. Very often the en- vironmental, economic and socio- cultural aspects of a region or nati- Ming Wai Yun, a young manager from Hong- on and the good kong, presents the ”Guidelines of tourism mix among them planning for Fortresses”. Practising a post- could guarantee graduate course at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt / Oder Mrs Yun´s subject long-term sustai- focus on the exchange of experience within WP 3 - Seminar at Fortress Königstein nability. the BFR project.

Panorama foto of City Dömitz with Fortress

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 5 RECONSTRUCTION AND NATURE MANAGEMENT IN FORTRESSES

Progress in Pilot and Conflict between trees and Demonstration Projects bricks in Fortress monuments for best practices Monument protection and nature Sandstone-Portal Dömitz protection needs harmonization, the contribution of “Brain-Pool” Extensive preliminary site investiga- PD Dr. habil. F. Riesbeck tions were performed in 2005/2006 in preparation for the restoration. As Extensive investigations about the in- a basis for the structural condition fluence of flora as one of the causes assessment a site measurement of for destruction of historical monu- the portal was performed manually, Construction work at the Malzhausbastion ments, especially fortifications started taking all deformation into account. Peitz during the INTERREG III B Project The structural condition and discerni- ”Baltic Fort Route” in 2005. Another ble damages were documented with Trans-national Information research area invested in the field of photos and included in the planning System -TIS- Nature protection and its influence on papers. New quality of central data basis reconstruction and special tourist uti- A plan for investigating the building in Europe lization concepts in the different part- stock and analyzing structural materi- ner fortifications. als on the sandstone portal was deve- The information basis and the docu- Depending on the utilization forms, loped on the basis of visual appraisals ments about the European cultural he- the time of non-using and the degree after thorough inspection of the struc- ritage Fortresses are still very incom- of destruction, different situations ture. Special attention was given to plete. Spread in many archives across and influences were found in the in- indications of high moisture and salt Europe, they are not easily accessible. terrelation of Nature and Monument. content in the sandstone elements With the Transnational Information Thus, a conflict between Nature and and the adjacent walls; these factors System -TIS- the scientific partners of the Monument Protection existed in all are recognized as major causes of the Baltic Fort Route project created a investigated fortifications. One aim of weathering damage in sandstone ele- central data bank that will play a major the research in WP 2 is to develop sci- ments of the structure. role in the future. For the first time all entific and professional methods and accessible information will be collected instruments for the owners of histo- electronically, systematically archived rical monuments, like fortresses. It is and opened to the public through a important to find acceptable solutions special stock inflow procedure. This between monument and nature protec- is a whole new level of providing in- tion keeping in mind the dependence formation to state of the art, the situ- on different utilization concepts. ation and the use of the monuments A short summarized presentation of ﬁ rst as well as maintenance and care. As results will be given in the following. a result, actors have easier access to information of e.g. best practices of reconstruction, renovation, utilization and management of Fortresses. Together a data bank structure was Mapping of the collected samples and their created. It is based on the MNEME salt content (Documentation of a Restoration and Repair Project Sandstone Portal Dömitz) program system, which was sponso- red by the Humboldt-University Berlin. After some of the partner Fortresses Malzhausbastion Peitz started data collection, the first test of To get a permission of reconstruc- the system ran successfully. A home- tion the Malzhausbastei by authori- page was started. ties was a long term process of dis- There is more information available cussing the causes of destroying and through the coordinator Dr. Hans-Ru- the way of reconstruction. dolf Neumann. Plants destroyed monuments or parts of the Especially the discussion between the monuments authorities of monument and nature protection about cutting brushes and trees and removing the rootstocks on the Fortification and the Hedera from the walls was a long way of ac- ceptance. Finally the removing of all plants, the improvement of cover layers and the reconstruction work on the building, especially of the walls, could be TIS-Conference in Spandau during the started. WP 1-Meeting Nature protected plants exist in fortiﬁ cations

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 6 METHODS OF INVENTORY AND DOCUMENTATION

Difficulties for inventory Pilot projects for new methods Standard methodology and documentation after two of inventory and documentation finished world wars Fortresses At the network meeting in Spandau, WP 1-Meeting Giżycko a Standard Methodology of Fortres- February 9th-10th, 2006 ses Documentation and Inventory Re- search was agreed upon for WP 1. The methodology is now used and tested in the pilot project.

Kołobrzeg, Light Tower The task of the Work Package 1 ”In- ventory and Documentation” is to in- Fortress Modlin, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki vestigate in archives and libraries and search for relevant papers and plans Publication about Kaliningrad Ground plan Fort Boyen © v. Aster to gain information about the planning and construction of the many Fortres- Fortress At the first meeting in Giżycko, the ses that still need to be researched on. In good time for end of 2006 the 208- deficits in the framework of Fortress Two pilot and demonstration projects page-publication by Dr. Veniamin Ere- documentation became quite obvious. will help to create new ways of docu- meev emerged about the fortifications Most of the historical maps are stored mentation and inventory management. in Königsberg / Kaliningrad. Initiated in other countries` archives, like in St. For the former Prussian Fortress on by the BFR, as an associated member Petersburg, Moscow or Berlin. the Baltic sea from the 18th century in of the EU-project, the author elabora- Only insufficient information exists for Kołobrzeg and Fortress Modlin, a great ted an exemplary documentation that the construction- and development 19th century Russian fortification in can be seen as a step in the right di- period. Most of them are not based on Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki no knowledge rection even under political signs. The scientific research. The main goal now what so ever exists anymore. book is published in English and Russi- is to collect extensive historically se- an languages, a German edition is still cured material of all partner Fortifica- in preparation. tions, to be able to describe the Euro- pean Heritage Fortresses on specially secured documents. There is a need to contact the numerous national and international archives.

Fortress Modlin, White Tower In the framework of the Baltic Fort Route project, new methods for documentation and inventory management will be developed and made available to other Fortresses. The goal is to use all knowledge, information, plans, drawings, graphics, pictures, architecture inventory and all archived materials, to enable qualified monument conservation and develop Graphical presentation of the wide range of protection and utilization concepts. the former Russian fortiﬁ cation Modlin: Most They are the basis for creating suffici- of the construction history is unknown, be- cause most of the historical maps and drawings ent tourist information and functioning are stored in the war archive in Moscow. Fortress marketing. Publication by Dr. V. Eremeev

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 7 TOURIST OFFERS IN BALTIC FORTRESSES

Major Fortress Kaunas – The Citadel Berlin-Spandau – long term development an example of best practice PREVIEW A field trip through the Fort side gave The Spandau Citadel in Berlin is an ex- important insides to all the project cellent place to exchange experiences Highlights of Event-Calender partners. The large former Russian about the tourist use of historical, storage Fortress Kaunas consists of 12 heritage-protected Fortresses. The Citadel Spandau 2007 Forts around the city. Up to now, only Spandau Citadel, the oldest secular Fort No IX is used as a museum and building in Berlin and the only remai- Holocaust-memorial for visitors. ning renaissance Fortress in Northern Europe, was built in its current form in the 16th century. Certain sections, such as the Julius Tower, date back to the early 13th century. Mrs Theissen, the head of the department of Art and Culture of Spandau, presented the interesting history of the Fortress. The defensive brick and limestone castle was directly involved in a battle only once: Napoleon bar- ricaded himself here on his retreat in 1813 and was shot at by Russians and Prussians. It stands for professional management and is an exemplary for the development of attractive tourist offers.

The monument of eternal remembrance is a symbol for the former extermination site in Fort No IX Open Air Concerts Month The other Forts were in military use during the Cold War. They are badly deconstructed and need a change in The Berlin Symphony June utilization, reconstruction and new Orchestra infrastructure. Their inventory need to Jethro Tull June be documented. The framework of the Baltic Fort Route Patti Smith June project realizes pilot and demonstra- Konrad Birkholz (middle), Status Quo June tion projects as well as practical ex- Mayor of town district Spandau of Berlin periences and courses for students to at the Citadel Festival Silbermond June enhance the development process of The Citadel counts over 150.000 vi- Joan Baez July the sides. Fort No V is planned to be- sitors annually. Rich cultural offers, come a side for youth, sport and leisure Helmut Lotti July changing exhibitions and special time. Students from the Universities events attract all age groups. There AIDA August intensively work on these projects. are the Festival of Bats, the Festival With the pilot and demonstration project The Kelly Familiy August of Lights, Halloween and New Years to ”Fortress of Baltic Youth, Culture, name only a few. Sports and Leisure time” an example Fortress events Month for utilization of historic monuments with modern tourism trends in Fort No V Easter-Knight-Spectacular April of Kaunas Fortress should be developed. Castle Festival of Spandau May Fortress Night July First local Management Organiza- tion founded Long Night of the Museums August Festival of Bats September The foundation of a management organization for Fortress Kaunas is one Castle Festival September of the first important results. It brings Festival of Lights October together the initiatives of the city with During the network meeting on December th helpful volunteers and the Universities. 6 , 2006 at a press conference, the Deputy mayor of Spandau, Gerhard Hanke presented New Year´s Eve party December Furthermore it will promote the tourist an extended utilization concept to make the utilization of the Kaunas Fortress. Citadel more attractive.

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006 8 NEWS OF THE WORK PACKAGES

Common workshop at Immanuel Mr Harald Wede, Kant State University at Kalinin- the chairman of the Association Fort grad, 4th - 6th October 2006 Gorgast and manager of work package 4, died unexpected at the age of only Highlight of WP 1 / WP 2 - Meeting has 50 years. been the workshop at the Kant-Univer- sity in Kaliningrad and a common visit of Kaliningrad fortifications. The workshop at I. Kant University has taken part with participation of numerous Meeting with PD Dr. habil. F. Riesbeck and specialist of the Kaliningrad town ad- Mr Dr. V. Eremeev, project partner Spatial ministration, especially of the Town Planning Institute Kaliningrad at Fortress Kaliningrad planning and heritage department. Dr. Veniamin Eremeev from Spatial Plan- ning Institute Kaliningrad gave the presentation about the city and its development, its history and Kaliningrad partners work in the Baltic Fort Route Mr Harald Wede was very engaged in Project as well. He introduced a book preparation and organization of the about Kaliningrad fortresses that he Baltic Fort Route project. We thank has written recently (see page 6). him for his work and the promotion of Kaliningrad authorities and partners experience exchange and international Members of BFR project together with the (Kaliningrad partner Spatial Planning representatives of Kaliningrad administra- cooperation. Institute, I. Kant University, Kalinin- tion during the workshop at I. Kant State grad 1st and 5th forts, the experts of University fortresses in Kaliningrad, some experts from museums in Kaliningrad) were Activities of scientific partners: very much concerned about to stay Common preparation of Kalinin- Editorial: in-touch with the BFR partners. grad Fortresses for tourism Humboldt University at Berlin would H. Röder work out concrete solutions for fort- After the WP 2 meeting in Kalinin- Dr. H.-R. Neumann ress Kaliningrad to integrate nature grad Dr. Riesbeck together with his quality as an offer in the Baltic Fort colleague Gunar Issbruecker worked Translation: Route. On the concept to reduce na- on the examination and research on ture influence, to sensitive, careful the nature of Kaliningrad’s Fort No V. Mrs J. Helmerich intervention into the nature and the The proposals for the combination of building as bases to develop an attrac- nature and monument in Kaliningrad’s Contact: tive tourist point will work together Forts will be worked out at the end of City of Kostrzyn nad Odrą, the partners from I. Kant University of January 2007 and presented in the Lead Partner Kaliningrad, Spatial Planning Institute scientific conference in Kaunas (22nd- Mrs Agnieszka Żurawska-Tatała (SPI-Kaliningrad) and Humboldt Uni- 23rd March, 2007). They also had ad- Phone: +48 (0)95 / 727-81-24 versity of Berlin. Dr. Elena Kropinova ditional meetings with people from Fax: +48 (0)95 / 727-81-93 (department of the EU Project Tourism Kaliningrad´s Fort No I and discussed Development in Northwest Russia at about founding a non-governmental [email protected] I. Kant University) a project coordina- organization that is responsible for tor in Kaliningrad region was asked to these forts in Kaliningrad. present the topic Project coordination: about preparati- Hartmut Röder on of the fortress Kaliningrad for Phone: +49 (0)30 / 92-37-21-0 culture and tou- [email protected] rism utilisation’s, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Neumann integration of the Phone: +49 (0)30 / 314-723-88 fortress Kalinin- [email protected] grad in the Baltic Fort Route, to develop attractive tourist point in Project homepage: fortress outside of www.bfr.pl the EU in the Kaunas Scientific Kaliningrad – visit of Fort No V PD Dr. habil. Frank Riesbeck conference as well. is taking a picture in front of the casemates

BFR Newsletter No 2, December 2006