Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau

Om museet

The Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau was built from April 1935 and completed in 1938, but its official inauguration took place as early as 9 May 1937. On 10 May 1940, from the first hours of the day, it was plunged into battle, which lasted until 21 May. The garrison, of about 545 men, lost seven soldiers and had twenty wounded after twenty-three assaults by infantry, artillery and aviation. The German troops claimed that in front of this fort they had experienced the fiercest artillery battle of the Western Front.

The fort held out until its means were exhausted: turrets destroyed, no more ammunition for close defence, and the entrance block taken by force after the last grenade had been thrown. On 21 May at about 17:00, Commander d'Ardenne negotiated the surrender, and the garrison marched out with their weapons. In 1942 and 1943 the Germans tested secret weapons there, including the Röchling shell, which pierces reinforced concrete; the damage is still visible in the underground galleries.

The fort was disarmed in the 1960s. Around 1978, former members of the garrison, followed by a new team, cleared the site and allowed it to reopen. Today, volunteers of the Amicale manage the fort and its museum, which was inaugurated in its present form on 28 August 2021, with dioramas on the battles and the captivity of the soldiers.

Højdepunkter

• Galleries, combat posts and underground barracks
• Traces of the Röchling shell test firings
• Museum with dioramas of garrison life and the twelve days of combat
• Volunteer guides, sometimes in period costume
• Tours in French, Dutch, English and German

Permanente udstillinger

• Le musée du fort – Chronological route: the Yser in 1918, the instability of the 1930s, the mobilisation of about 545 soldiers, dioramas of life before the war and the twelve days of combat, then captivity, the Röchling shell and liberation.
• Visite des galeries du fort – Route through the galleries, combat posts and underground barracks, with the damage caused by the Röchling shells.

Grundlagt

1978

Ejer

Amicale du Fort d'Aubin-Neufchâteau ASBL

Entrépriser & rabatter

Price of €10 per adult for the combined visit to the museum and the fort, on the third Sunday of the month from April to November.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

According to the tourist office, the fort visit includes a staircase of 160 steps, requires average fitness and is difficult to access for people with reduced mobility.

Børn og familie

Free for children under 6.

Transport & parkering

The ticket desk and visit departures are at the fort museum, Rue du Colonel d’Ardenne 11 in Dalhem.

Service & spisesteder

• Café

Cafeteria offering, among other things, Val-Dieu abbey beer.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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