Fort de Mutzig

Fort de Mutzig
Part of German fortifications of Strasbourg
France
Location of the Fort de Mutzig and the fortified belt of Strasbourg, which together formed the German defense line on the Bruche, also known as Breuschstellung.
Fort de Mutzig
Coordinates	48°32′52″N 7°27′41″E / 48.547778°N 7.461389°E / 48.547778; 7.461389
Type	Fort
Site information
Controlled by	Germany
Open to the public	Yes, not in totality
Site history
Built	1893 (1893)
Materials	Concrete, steel
Garrison information
Current commander	French army
Garrison	6500

The Fort de Mutzig, also known as Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II, is located near the town of Mutzig, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It is one of the fortifications built by Germany at the end of the 19th century to defend Strasbourg.

It was the first new fortification built in what was then German territory after the invention of high explosives, which rendered earlier masonry fortifications obsolete.^[1]