The military historical Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden (MHMBW) is now on the fortress king stone in Saxon Switzerland permanently present. With the exhibition "the fascination of the fortress" opens this Saturday, its second branch office next to the airfield Berlin-Gatow. In the future, the cultural history of fortified places on the rocky plateau of the Elbe Sandstone mountains from may to October, around 200 images and objects. In the center of historical and modern offensive and defensive weapons.

MHMBW Director Colonel Armin Wagner spoke on Friday of one of the most important projects of the past few years. The Look to follow on from the presentation in the Dresden main house, "here, as there, the person in the centre". You undermine a witness to the present by the ingenuity of the people in favor of his protection, and at the same time, the destructive potential of such protective measures.

"The fortress of königstein is a historical place of Saxon history and in the broadest sense, a safer place," said Wagner. In the New Armoury also "the possibility for a critical reflection of the socio-political debate about security, protection and defense offer". The tour leads you through twelve cabinets. "It is also the question of what is security, as the person is trying to create safe spaces and resources, and planning, such places take," said curator Thoralf Rauchfuß.

The arc stretches from the early days to the present, and in addition, up to utopias as a T800 character of the Terminator movies. The oldest exhibit is the head of a prehistoric slice of Mace, one of the first items, which have been exclusively used as a weapon against people. In addition, there are historic guns, or a Gasjäckchen for toddlers of 1940. Include large objects, the Training used the outside shell of a hydrogen bomb with almost 700 times the Hiroshima-and-effect, or a gun model of the stationary air-to-close range air defence system Mantis of the Bundeswehr.

The 1241 is first mentioned in documents in "lapide regis" is one of Saxony's most popular destinations. The medieval Bohemian king's castle was later a monastery, the land fortress, courtly wherever you gather, the art depot and prison, and since 1955 the Museum.