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About Hegra festning
Hegra festning is a museum (Museums (general)) in Leirfall. The address is Festningsvegen 266, 7520 Leirfall. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +4746635844. Just around the corner: Hegra Fortress (sight, 95 m).
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- Museum › Museums (general)
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- Address
- Festningsvegen 266
7520 Leirfall, Norway - Phone
- +4746635844
- Website
- www.hegrafestning.no
- hegrafestning1940@gmail.com
- Coordinates
- 63.45163° N · 11.16319° E
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The only Norwegian fortress to be manned during the German invasion. As it was built to defend against an attack from Sweden, it had limited strategic importance, but resisted a few German attacks. The garrison surrendered on 5 May, 1940.
Source: Wikivoyage, „World War II in Europe“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0