Europe 2007 Part 54 Fort Hermann in Slovenia

From Strmec I go up the mountain to the Austrian Fort Hermann.

I believe the fort to be much younger but it turns out that it was built during the Napoleonic wars to defend the pass.

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Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Slovenia
• Slovenja
• Strmec
• Austria
• fort
• Alps
• 1809
• Johann
• Hermann
• Hermannsdorf
• Napoleonic
• Napoleon
• France
• snow
• artillery

[urssulas]

why you always say its italian its austro-hungarian

[alanheath]

Yes, it is Austo-Hungarian.

[alanheath]

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[humbleweed]

... and remember, there are another 25 austrian-hungarian forts in Northern Italy ...

along the border of the provinces Trentino and Alto Adige (Southern Tyrolia). Most of these built between 1860 and 1900, some earlier, about 1810. Note the "Sentiero della Pace" (Path of Peace).

[alanheath]

I should be there again in a few months time so I will certainly go and have a look.

[Packard3spdOD]

(But then, reinforced concrete was virtually unknown in 1900.) The ruins of that Fort Hermann are impressive, & inhabited by a family of goats as of a couple days ago. Access is by foot only, ~30min hike, thru a wonderful tunnel that is poorly visible from the road, per comments below. If you go to that one, take a flashlight so you can see some of the unlit rooms/caves off the tunnel and trail.

[Barolo1644]

I´m very touched to find this video here.

It´s dedicated to my x-time granduncle who died there in fight against the french, because he didn´t give up the fort.

His name was Johann Hermann v. Hermansdorf.

[Packard3spdOD]

I know this road very well, having driven it x2 in the last wk. But to call it Fort Hermann is incorrect. Rather, it is Predil Fortress, lost to Napoleonic troops, 1809. The actual Fort Hermann, named for the Predil's defender, is S of there, above the Kluze fortress, completed June 1900. Only attacked once & destroyed by the Italians (1916) reportedly because the concrete was not reinforced.

[alanheath]

I certainly will do so next time I am there and will post the video on this site!

[rokfurlanic]

I remember where it is now. It's in lower part of the fort. there's a bigger "Room" or what is left of it. search for it there ;)