Rastatt Fortress

48°51′30″N 08°12′38″E / 48.85833°N 8.21056°E / 48.85833; 8.21056

Plan of the fortress in 1849

Rastatt Fortress (German: Bundesfestung Rastatt) was built from 1842 to 1852. The construction of this federal fortress was one of the few projects that the German Confederation was able to complete. The fortress site covered the Baden town of Rastatt and, in 1849, played an important role during the Baden Revolution. It was abandoned in 1890 and most of it was eventually demolished.