page_title: Forts of Metz
section_title: Forts of the second belt
hierarchical_section_title: Forts of Metz / Concept / Forts of the second belt
caption_attribution_description: Fort de l'Aisne à Verny
context_page_description: The forts of Metz are two fortified belts around the city of Metz in Lorraine. Built according to the design and theory of Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières at the end of the Second Empire—and later Hans von Biehler while Metz was under German control—they earned the city the reputation of premier stronghold of the German reich. These fortifications were particularly thorough given the city's strategic position between France and Germany. The detached forts and fortified groups of the Metz area were spared in World War I, but showed their full defensive potential in the Battle of Metz at the end of World War II.
context_section_description: Group fortifications
  de l’Aisne / Feste Wagner (1904-1912)
  Driant / Feste Kronprinz (1899-1905)
  François de Guise / Feste Leipzig (1907-1912)
  Jeanne-d’Arc / Feste Kaiserin (1899-1905)
  Lorraine / Feste Lothringen (1899-1905)
  La Marne/ Feste Freiherr von der Goltz (1907-1916)
  Verdun / Feste Graf Haeseler (1899-1905)
  L'Yser / Feste Prinz Regent Luitpold (1907-1914)
  Malroy (projet planned but not built)
caption: L’Aisne fortifications (Feste Wagner), 1904-1912
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