Who built the fort on the river?
This is the first stop along the audio tour presenting the history of the Cathedral Island. For more information about the tour, please click here.
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1. Cathedral weir in the years 1838-1918, contemporary image. Author: Mariusz Wojciechowski.
2. Prussian soldiers sitting on the bridge of the cathedral weir are pushing floating ice on the Cybina River (1890). Photo by Joseph Engelmann, from the collection of the University Library in Poznań.
3. The former weir has been replaced by a glass footbridge. Photo by Łukasz Gdak.
4. The defenders armed with rifles could shoot at the enemies from the Carnot wall (on the left) Photo by Łukasz Gdak.
5. General Moritz von Prittwitz who was in charge of the construction of Poznań Fortress. Public domain.
6. The Great Lock on the Warta River (1838), a lithograph based on a drawing by Julius von Minutoli. Source: M. Warkoczewska, Widoki dawnego Poznania [Views of the old Poznań], Poznań 1960.