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Its
origin is closely connected with the defence
of Újszőny [the present South Komárom]
against the attacks from the west. The
fortress was planned to be built opposite
the western corner of Elizabeth Island, on a
sand hill on the south bank of the river
Danube. The area needed to build the
fortress – which was in the possession of
count Zichy – was taken by the Treasury in
1817.
In June 1849 at the command of György
Klapka, then commander of the army and the
fortress, the sand hill at Monostor was
strengthened. One thousand two hundred
bricklayers and 10.000 subworkers worked on
the site. The enormous Fort Monostor was
built only after the fight for freedom
(between 1851 and 1871) according to the
original plans.
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