The Fort de Queuleu (French pronunciation:[fɔʁdəkølø]) is a fortification to the southeast of Metz, near Queuleu, France. Construction began while part of Lorraine was under French rule in 1868. After the interruption of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the fort was improved between 1872 and 1875 by the German Empire, which had conquered the area in the war. Renamed Fort Goeben, it formed part of the first ring of the fortifications of Metz. Functionally obsolete by the First World War, it saw no military action, but was used by the Germans as a detention center for members of the French Resistance during World War II.
dead, having died ten days after his arrest, under torture, at the FortdeQueuleu near Metz. The group had been given the missions of collecting arms...
Montmorency Fortde l'Olive Fortde Plappeville Fortde la Pompelle FortdeQueuleuFort du Replaton Fortde Roppe Fort du Salbert Fortde Saint-Cyr Fortde Sucy...
(1872–1875) FortdeQueuleu (1867–1870) / Fort Goeben (1871–1890) Fort des Bordes (1870) / Fort Zastrow (1874–1875) Fortde Saint-Julien (1867–1870) / Fort Manteuffel...
1863) and Darmstadt Allgemeine Militärzeitung. The former French fortdeQueuleu at Metz was renamed Goeben after him, and the 28th Infantry bears his...
The fort resembles the contemporary FortdeQueuleu and the Fortde Saint-Julien, using a bastioned layout that would be quickly superseded in forts begun...
fortified fort belt of Metz consists of Fort Saint-Privat (1870) FortdeQueuleu (1867) Fort des Bordes (1870) Fortde Saint-Julien (1867) Fort Gambetta...
visible. The first fortified belt of Metz consists of fortsde Saint-Privat (1870) of Queuleu (1867), des Bordes (1870) Saint-Julien (1867), Gambetta...
or professed to do so, which persisted into the late 19th century; FortdeQueuleu, built in 1867 near Metz, was a Vauban-style strongpoint, despite being...
20th-century fortifications of Metz. the Fort of Queuleu, also called the Hell of Queuleu (French: l'Enfer deQueuleu), used by the Germans as a detention...
occurred. The first fortified belt of Metz consists of fortsde Saint-Privat (1870), of Queuleu (1867), des Bordes (1870), Saint-Julien (1867), Gambetta...
and sabotage. Several resistants were detained and tortured in the Fort of Queuleu in Metz and Jean Moulin died in Metz's railway station while on a train...