# die Festungshaft

die Festungshaft is a German noun meaning “custodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress”. Forms: der Festungshaft.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Festungshaft

## In other languages

- Русский: заключение в крепость

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ custodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress
   - Am 1. April 1924 hatte ich, aufgrund des Urteilsspruches des Münchner Volksgerichts von diesem Tage, meine Festungshaft zu Landsberg am Lech anzutreten. — On April 1st, 1924. I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict pronounced by the Munich people's court on that day.

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