Gps Coordinates / 48.3144293,14.2488213
Linz Tower Funfzehner Fortification Anti Napoleon 1833 Fortress VR Austria
867X+QGG Puchenau, Austria
His experiences from 1809, when Napoleon failed to stop his advance towards Vienna ( Battle of Ebelsberg ), may have played a role in this.
The towers of the complex are sometimes also referred to as Maximilian Towers.
Gps Coordinates / 48.3144153,14.2488398
The construction of the Linz tower line goes back to an initiative by Archduke Maximilian Joseph of Austria-Este.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 48.3144186 / Gps Link 48.3144307 / Gps Link 48.3144331
Gps Coordinates / 48.3144186,14.2488461 / 48.3144307,14.2488404 / 48.3144331,14.2488294
It consisted of a belt of fortification towers around the city of Linz and is also known under the names Danube Fortress Linz, Entrenched Camp of Linz or Maximilian Fortifications.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 48.3144253 / Gps Link 48.3144155 / Gps Link 48.3144224
Gps Coordinates / 48.3144253,14.2488471 / 48.3144155,14.2488264 / 48.3144224,14.2488337
The Linz Tower Fortification or Maximilian Tower Line was a fortification built in the 1830s.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 48.3132835 / Gps Link 48.3131865 / Gps Link 48.3132023
Gps Coordinates / 48.3132835,14.2491167 / 48.3131865,14.24911 / 48.3132023,14.2490983
It consisted of a belt of fortification towers around the city of Linz and is also known under the names Danube Fortress Linz , Entrenched Camp of Linz or Maximilian Fortifications.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 48.3132259 / Gps Link 48.3132088 / Gps Link 48.313234
Gps Coordinates / 48.3132259,14.2491388 / 48.3132088,14.2491325 / 48.313234,14.249108
Maximilian therefore proposed an imperial fortification system in which strategically important locations were to be defended by a line of isolated towers.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 48.3132273 / Gps Link 48.3132063 / Gps Link 48.3131831 / Gps Link 48.3132202
Gps Coordinates / 48.3132273,14.249116 / 48.3132063,14.2491516 / 48.3131831,14.2491398 / 48.3132202,14.2490862
In 1828 Maximilian had a test tower built on the Freinberg near Linz at his own expense.
However, only the fortification of Linz was realized.
Gps Coordinates / 48.3144222,14.2488223
Blasting tests and test bombardments were carried out with this tower in the presence of Emperor Franz I.
