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Werk Gschwent -
Fort Belvedere |
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The
History The Description
The Armament
The
Visit Direction
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The
Visit |
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Ground Floor
The
entrance to the main building is situated on the northwest
side, protected by an anterior and contains the propping
organs. Above the entrance there is the optical telegraph
plant for the visual telegraphs used for signalling with
the other Forts.
The Ground Floor
includes:-
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The
body guard.
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The
toilets, (which are also repeated in the same
position in the two floors above). |
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The
Morgue or dovecot able for six corpses.
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The
power plant room fed from diesel generators.
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The
batteries room.
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The
commander office.
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The
officers mess.
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The
telephone switchboard.
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The
powder magazine.
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The
laundry.
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The
kitchen.
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The
bakery.
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Two
staircase provide access to the next floors:
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Two staircases, the principal one, located near the
entrance, being of seed ellipse style, provide
access to the above floors. |
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The second staircase is located on the opposite side of
the corridor. |
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from the Austrian-Hungarian military engineers.
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Entrance; 2. Body
guard; 3. Principal staircase;
4. Corridor; 5.
Batteries room; 6. Workshop; 7.
Tools storage; 8. Power plant
room; 9. Officers mess; 10.
Atrium; 11. Telephone
switchboard; 12.
The commander's office; 13.
Kitchen; 14. Grenade storage
for the howitzers; 15.
Gallery; 16. Secondary
staircase; 17. Firewood
storage; 18. Fuel storage; 19.
Gallery; 20. Wash-room; 21.
Toilets; 22. Mortuary room;
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The above
floors:
The first floor includes:
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Three dormitories for the
troops. |
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A depository for light
ammunitions. |
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The foodstuffs
storage. |
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The
infirmary. |
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The first aid room. |
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The doctors room. |
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| 23. Staircase; 24.
Troop room; 25. Corridor; 26.
Ammunition storage for machineguns; 27.
Troop room; 28. Infirmary (8
beds); 29. Infirmary; 30.
The doctors room; 31. Troop
room; 32. Secondary staircase;
33. Foodstuffs storage; 34.
Wash-room; 35. Toilets; |
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second floor includes
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The optical signalling station. |
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A position for two coupled
machineguns. |
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Two dormitories for the
troops. |
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Two foodstuffs
storages. |
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The material storage for the military
engineers. |
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The material storage for
artillery. |
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The
various tools storage.
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| 36. Staircase; 37.
Optical signalling station; 38.
Machineguns position; 39.
Corridor; 40. Foodstuffs
storage; 41. Troop room; 42.
Foodstuffs storage; 43.
Material storage for artillery; 44.
Troop room; 45. Secondary
staircase; 46. Material
storage for the military engineers; 47.
Various tools storage; 48.
Wash-room; 49. Toilets; |
