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About the place
Construction of the fort began on 23 June 1828 to a design by Johann Leopold Ludwig Brese. The work lasted about 14 years.
In February 1945 the Citadel was the last point of German resistance in Poznań and fell on 23 February. On 21 July 1946 the last public execution in Poland was held here: Arthur Greiser, the Nazi governor of the Warthegau, was hanged.
In 1963–1970 the fort was demolished and a park was laid out. The recovered brick was used in the rebuilding of Warsaw and Poznań.
What to see
The Unrecognised: an installation by Magdalena Abakanowicz of 112 cast-iron figures, made for the 750th anniversary of Poznań.
Cemeteries: the Polish Heroes' Cemetery, the parish cemetery of St Adalbert, the garrison cemetery, the Soviet soldiers' cemetery and the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery, where 48 participants of the Great Escape are buried.
The Rosarium, a rose garden on terraces with a small pond in the middle.
The Bell of Peace and Friendship Between Nations.
The Armament Museum and the “Poznań” Army Museum, branches of the Greater Poland Independence Museum.
