List of fortresses in Germany

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The list of fortresses in Germany contains until the beginning of World War I caused fortress constructions in Germany. The list is structured according to the existing federal states .

Fortresses in Germany

Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Baden-Württemberg
Alexanderschanze fortification	Alexanderschanze	before 1674, 1734		abandoned	two jumps	The area north of the hotel was very well preserved, the other west of the hotel was partially pulled down
Württemberg state fortress Hohenasperg	Asperg	1535	1693	abandoned	Mountain fortress	receive
Castle Hohenzollern	Bisingen	1454–? 16. u. 17th century	1798	abandoned	Mountain fortress with castle	from 1850 historical rebuilt castle with fortifications and casemates open to the public
German / French Border fortress fortress Breisach , see also Siege of Breisach	Breisach on the Rhine	Early 16th century, expanded in 1632, new expansion from 1648	Besieged in 1633, 1638, 1703, 1793	Grounded 1741–1745	Fortress city	Baroque fortress gate Rheintor with museum, copper gate of the fortress, Gutgesellentor, Kapftor, Hagenbach tower preserved
Fortifications on the Eckartsberg	Breisach on the Rhine	Early 16th century, extensive expansion from 1697		1741–1745 razed / blown up	Mountain fortress with casemates, deep wells, barracks, windmill, etc. Bakehouse
Emmendingen stronghold (also Hachberg Castle)	Emmendingen	1599-1661	1681	Grinding	Mountain fortress	partly receive
former French Freiburg Fortress , see also Siege of Freiburg (1677)	Freiburg in Breisgau	1679–	1713 u. Besieged / destroyed in 1744	Dragged down by the French in 1745	Fortress city	only the Breisacher gate remained
Schlossberg Freiburg fortress , see also Freiburg Castle	Freiburg in Breisgau	1677-1679	1744/45	blown up by the French	french Fortress on the Freiburg Castle Hill	Piles of rubble u. Neck ditch
Baroque hill	Gersbach (Schopfheim)	17th century	1700-1800	abandoned	baroque hexagonal hill	restored, baroque ski jump with wooden watchtower
Guttenberg Castle	Hassmersheim	13./15. Century			Mountain fortress, rounded castle	inter alia kennel wall with notches for firearms u. Maschikulis or sinkholes
Burgschanze (Heidelberg)	Heidelberg , on the whey cure	1622	1693	Grinding	Ski jump to protect Heidelberg Castle
Electoral Palatinate fortress Heidelberg Castle	Heidelberg	12th century / rondelle: 1490–1500 a. from 1526	1698	besieged / destroyed, burned down, etc. partly blown up	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	Ruin, castle complex, ruin of a gun tower (Krautturm) u. 1 stone block house , partly received u. accessible casemates
Hellenstein Castle	Heidenheim an der Brenz	1096	circa 1670	partly Grinding	Mountain fortress	largely received
Württemberg state fortress Hohentwiel	Hohentwiel	1538–? Roundels	1800/01	Grinding	Mountain fortress	ruin
Feste Istein with Istein Castle	Is a	1902–1907, 1936–	1921, after 1945	Grinding	Mountain fortress and bunker systems as part of the Siegfried Line	Leveled except for insignificant parts, St. Vitus Chapel at Istein Castle rebuilt
Kehl Fortress	Throat	1681	1751-1815	Grinding	Polygonal fortress	leveled
Württemberg state fortress Kirchheim	Kirchheim unter Teck	1538–1556 fortress, 1538–1560 castle	19th century		Fortified town with a castle integrated into the fortification	Remains of the city wall and the moat with a bastion u. the renaissance castle
Teck Castle	Kirchheim unter Teck	12th century – 1525/1736	1737	Modification canceled and partly New buildings demolished	only minimally begun conversion of a castle into a mountain fortress	Castle ruins
Küssaburg	Küssaberg	12th century / 1525–1529	1634 demolition, 1664 landslide	abandoned	Mountain fortress, castle with fortress structures	Ruin u. a. with gun turret
Langenburg Castle	Langenburg	13th century castle / 15th century Century. Fortification expansion		Conversion for residential purposes	Castle with gun turrets	completely preserved, partly museum
Wildenstein Castle	Leibertingen	13th century / 1514–1554	18th century abandoned	dilapidated, later restored	fortress-like extended hilltop castle	early fortress style, completely preserved
Friedrichsburg Fortress	Mannheim	1606	1799-1821	looped, overbuilt by city u. New castle building	Fortress town with citadel u. Bridgehead "Rheinschanze": Mannheimer Rheinschanze
Eichelsheim moated castle	Mannheim , OT Lindenhof	16.-17. Bastions, 1639 a. 1736 rebuilding each time	1622 fire damage, 1634 blown up by Sweden, 1663 a. Destroyed in 1688	completely demolished in the 19th century	bastioned moated castle	no remains
Sternschanze and Redoute at the "Böllener Eck"	Neuenweg	End of 17th century			baroque Sternschanze u. Redoubt	Sternschanze largely preserved, see baroque defenses in the Black Forest
Württemberg state fortress Hohenneuffen	Neuffen	1733-1737	1801	Conveyance	Mountain fortress	ruin
Röschenschanze	Oppenau, Roßbühl mountain near Oppenau	1794	after 1796	abandoned	Sternschanze	well-preserved ramparts u. Trenches of a 6-way Sternschanze
Philippsburg Fortress	Philippsburg (formerly Udenheim)	1623	1799	Grinding	Polygonal fortress	leveled
Federal fortress of Rastatt	Rastatt	1842-1852	1920	Grinding	Polygonal fortress	Remains received
Württemberg state fortress Schorndorf	Schorndorf	1538–	19th century	looped	Fortified town with a citadel-like castle	Remains of the wall of a bastion have been preserved
Schorndorf Castle	Schorndorf	1538–	1837–	Softened, trench filled	Valley fortress, castle castle, rounded castle	Castle with restored moat has been preserved
Honberg Castle	Tuttlingen	1460	1645	Grinding	Mountain fortress	ruin
Hohentübingen Castle , see also Siege of Hohentübingen Castle	Tübingen	1495-1550, 1593-1608	after 1647	abandoned / change of use	Mountain fortress with castle	almost completely preserved
Federal fortress Ulm	Ulm	October 18, 1842	1918	abandoned	Polygonal fortress	partly receive
Wertheim Castle	Wertheim	15th century extension with gun bulwark			rounded castle
Württemberg state fortress Hohenurach	Urach, Bad Urach	1663-1669	1761	Grinding	Mountain fortress	ruin
formerly Austrian fortress Villingen	Villingen-Schwenningen , Villingen district	1499–? Rondelle, fortress expansion around 1700		19. u. 20th century. Large parts demolished, trenches leveled	Fortified city with double walls, moats, etc. Rondelles	The following are preserved: 1 bastion, the roundabout at the Bickentor and 3 city gates u. 4 towers of the city wall
Höhingen Castle	Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl , OT Achkarren	13th century / 1620 modern expansion	Captured in 1633, burnt down in 1638	Sold for demolition in 1671	rounded castle	minimal ruins
Schwedenschanze	Refuge (Black Forest)	probably 1593	probably before 1674	abandoned	Field fortification / jump	Well-preserved rectangular rampart with 4 corner bastions
Hohengeroldseck castle ruins	Seelbach , OT. Schoenberg	around / from 1693?		looped or just planned bastioning?	bastioned hilltop castle	Castle ruins. As early as 1900 there were no remains of the bastions.
Baroque defenses in the Black Forest	different places	17th century	until around 1800	looped or abandoned	over 100 fortifications: Schanzen u. Landwehr
Bavaria
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Johannisburg Castle	Aschaffenburg	before 1552 / 1604-1614			bastioned castle	of several planned bastions only one was built u. is preserved
Augsburg fortress	augsburg	1541-1545, 1605-1625, 1632-1635, 1645-1648, 1734-1735	1704, 1806–?	looped	Fortress city	Several parts have been preserved: Jakobertor , Vogeltor , Bastion Lueginsland (temporarily citadel), Oblatterwall , Fünfgratturm , Bastion am Jakoberwall, Jakobertor , Roter Torwall
Lueginsland Citadel	augsburg	around 1704	1707	abandoned	Bastion of the Augsburg Fortress, which was temporarily converted into a citadel	Parts received
Scharfeneck Castle	Baiersdorf	before 1632	Destroyed in 1632	Demolished in 1892	bastioned castle	only one monument reminds of the castle
Burghausen Castle	Burghausen	11th century / roundel around 1488	1891	1800–? Parts demolished	Mountain fortress	longest castle in Europe at 1051 m, largely preserved, museum
Veste Coburg	Coburg	1547	1820	abandoned	Mountain fortress	received completely
Donaustauf Castle	Donaustauf	10th century castle / bastions 1610	1633	conquered, blown up, abandoned, quarry	Hill castle with bastions	ruin
Willibaldsburg	Eichstatt	1429-1445, 1560-1590, 1612-1636, 1636-1685	1880	Conversion	Mountain fortress with palace complex	received completely
"Schwedenschanze" at Farchant, see Schanzanlagen at Farchant	Farchant , between Farchant u. Oberau	1646-1648		abandoned	Field fortification, Landwehr	approx. 500 m wall u. Trench systems tw. receive
"New Schanz" at Farchant, see Schanzanlagen at Farchant	Farchant , between Farchant u. Oberau	1702-1703		abandoned	Field fortification, Landwehr	formerly approx. 1600 m Wall u. Moat systems, moats, remains preserved
Forchheim fortress	Forchheim	1552	1834	looped	Fortress city	partially preserved
Hohenberg Castle on the Eger	Hohenberg on the Eger	1480, 1499-1504, 1621/22	17th century	abandoned, partly destroyed by fire in 1945	Mountain fortress	largely preserved / rebuilt
State fortress Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	1537-1573, 1654-1662, 1828-1849, and the like. a.	1912, 1937	given up	Fortified city with intermediate works and fort belt, tw. classical fortifications	Baroque complexes completely demolished, several later installations preserved, such as Fort Prince Karl , Fronte Preysing, Fronte Rechberg, Reduit Tilly des Brückenkopf, almost all Cavaliers preserved, including Cavalier Hepp
Königshofen fortress	Königshofen, Bad Königshofen	1544-1591	1826	looped	Fortress city	small residues
Rosenberg Fortress	Kronach	1652-1699	1867	abandoned	Mountain fortress	received completely
Plassenburg	Kulmbach	1554– ?, 1559–1592, to 1607	1806	looped	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	partly preserved, lock with outer u. inner west roundabout
Lichtenau Fortress	Lichtenau	1558-1605	after 1688	Conversion	Renaissance valley fortress	received completely
Lindau Fortress	Lindau (Lake Constance)	from 1500, several jumps from 1650		Demolition in 1811/12 and 1853/56	Fortified city with several entrenchments, island fortress	Minimal remains: Powder tower (Lindau) , Mangturm , Diebsturm , remains of the Maximiliansschanze today in the Oskar Groll facilities
Munich Fortress	Munich	1619-1632, 1638-1640	from around 1800	almost completely looped	Fortress city	The Isartor , Karlstor , Sendlinger Tor and minimal remains of two city walls (Burgstrasse 2 to 12, in Rindermarkt 6 and on Jungfernturmstrasse) have been preserved.
Neuveste	Munich	Castle 1385, gun turrets 1460–1500	around 1620 a. after 1800	gradually demolished	Citadel-like moated castle with two gun turrets and casemates	Parts of the casemates - today under the Munich Residence - have been preserved and can be visited
Federal fortress Ulm , fortress parts in Neu-Ulm	New Ulm	1844-1857	1906–	looped	Bridgehead of the federal fortress Ulm on the Bavarian side	a number of systems have been preserved in parts
Nordlingen Fortress	Nordlingen	16th century bastions	1808-1826	Bastions, porches, etc. Sternschanzen tw. looped	Fortress city with roundels u. upstream Sternschanzen	City wall, towers and 1 roundabout largely preserved, see the list of monuments in Nördlingen
Nuremberg Fortress	Nuremberg	1527-1550 u. 1556–1559 roundels; 1538-1545	1866	abandoned	Fortress city	receive
Nuremberg Castle	Nuremberg	11th century / 1538–1545	1866	abandoned	bastioned castle	Castle bastions with publicly accessible underground passages have been preserved
Veste upper house	Passau	1674-1740	1867	Conversion	Mountain fortress	received completely
Rothenburg ob der Tauber fortress	Rothenburg ob der Tauber	1572–? Roundels			Fortress city
Rothenberg Fortress	Schnaittach	1729-1750	1838	abandoned	Mountain fortress	partly expired
Schweinfurt Fortress see also Brückentor (Schweinfurt)	Schweinfurt	after 1552–1554 new building, 1564 Mühltor (Schweinfurt) , around 1640 Swedish expansion		approx. 1832–1880 demolition,	Fortress city	u. a. Parts of the city walls with shell towers in the OT Zürch , city wall "Am Oberen Wall" with velvet tower, eastern wall section with rampart, moats, etc. 2 towers preserved, southern u. northern powder tower, remains of the former bastion wall with moats in Motherwell Park , small remains of a bastion wall with preserved moats in Gymnasiumstr. 7th
Unterschwaningen Castle	Unterschwaningen	until 1620	?	softened?	bastioned baroque castle	?
Hohenlandsberg Fortress	Weigenheim , on the Hohen Landsberg near Weigenheim	12th century / extension of the fortress 1511 a. 1524	1554	destroyed, apparently worn away	Mountain fortress, rounded castle with gun turrets and Casemates	Remnants of foundation walls, ramparts, casemates
Wülzburg	Weissenburg	1588-1610	1867	abandoned	Mountain fortress	received completely
Wörth Castle on the Danube	Wörth on the Danube	15th century - 17th Century			Castle with gun turrets	received completely
Wurzburg Fortress	Wurzburg	1655-1671	after 1866	canceled, mostly dragged	Fortress city	Remains east of the Würzburg residence , around the Marienberg fortress and the like. northwest of the Mainviertel: u. a. Pleidenturm, remains of the city wall. The area of ​​the city fortifications has been the ring park since 1880. See: List of architectural monuments in Würzburg
Marienberg Fortress	Wurzburg	1648-1658	1867	abandoned	Mountain fortress	received completely
Old fortress	Zirndorf	1632	1632	abandoned	Field fortification around a medieval castle, fortified field camp	partially preserved
Berlin
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Berlin Castle ("Schloss zu Cölln")	Berlin-Mitte , Museum Island (Berlin) , formerly "Cöllnischer Werder" of the city of Cölln	1443-1451	from 1537	Grinding before a new building of an unpaved residential palace	Citadel-like castle, Kurbrandenburg citadel against the cities of Cölln and Berlin	received no unearthly evidence
Berlin Fortress	Berlin	1640-1683	1740 – around 1900	Grinding	Fortress city	almost completely demolished, see also Berlin city wall
Spandau Fortress	Berlin-Spandau	around 1600–1650, 1800–1814, 1832–1866, 1873–1903	1903	Abandonment / razing	Fortress city	small remnants, such as Batardeau in the stave wood garden, remnants of the Teltower Schanze, Reduit of the Burgwallschanze, several barracks buildings, garrison hospital, artillery wagon houses, etc. a.
Spandau Citadel	Berlin-Spandau	1557-1594	1903	abandoned	Renaissance citadel	remarkably complete including boat harbor and Keep of the medieval castle
Fort Hahneberg	Berlin-Staaken, on the Hahneberg in Berlin-Staaken	1882-1888	1903	Conveyance	Outside fort of the fortress Spandau	almost completely preserved u. to visit; last artillery fort built in the German Empire
Brandenburg
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Eisenhardt Castle	Belzig, Bad Belzig	10th century castle / from 1477 a. around 1680–1691 fortress		Conversion, restored in 1849	Mountain fortress, castle with rondelles, late Gothic	largely preserved, museum
Fort Gorgast , see also western outer works of the fortress Küstrin	Gorgast	1883–1889 (Fort Gorgast)	after 1945	abandoned, parts blown up (Fort Gorgast)	Fort Gorgast	Fort Gorgast mostly preserved with a moat. There is an artesian well inside. Used as a museum.
Kiekebusch railway bridge	Kiekebusch (Cottbus)	1867		Attachment abandoned	Fortified railway bridge	Fortifications well preserved, modernized bridge is in use
Western outer works of the fortress Küstrin: Lünetten B to D	Küstrin-Kietz		after 1945	abandoned	Lunettes of the fortress town of Küstrin	Remains of the fortifications, artillery barracks threatened with decay (around 1900)
Castle and fortress Bärenkasten Oderberg	Oderberg, formerly Oderinsel "Festungswerder" in Oderberg	14th century Middle Ages. Castle / around 1600–1635 a. from 1688 fortress	1720 -? / 1750	abandoned, quarry	Island fortress, type of fort with Renaissance fortress in the shape of a star, as well as outer forts and the like. Jumps	Castle ruins u. Remnants of a ski jump
Citadel and fortress of Peitz	Peitz	12th century / 1559–1562 Citadel, 1590–1595 fortress town, 1756–	1767	Grinding	Fortress city u. separate citadel	Fortress tower of the former citadel preserved, office building u. Remnants of the granary in the area of ​​the demolished city fortress, otherwise only small remains
Fort in Sanssouci Park	Potsdam , Sanssouci Palace Park	1893		Filled in in 2004	Fortress model	filled up
Senftenberg Castle	Senftenberg	17th century	1764	Conversion	Valley fortress, bastioned castle	well preserved, is considered the best preserved Renaissance fortress in Germany in earthworks (bastions and ramparts only from earthfills)
Wittstock Fortress	Wittstock / Dosse	17th century, 1812			Fortress city	medieval City fortifications have been preserved around almost the entire city
Bremen
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Bremen Fortress	Bremen	13th century / 1512-1514, 1620-1664	1802–	looped	Fortress city	Today the Bremer Wallanlagen park on the site of the fortifications with largely preserved zigzag-shaped moats, remains of two shell towers of the city wall, four classicist guard houses from the 19th century on the Ansgaritor, Ostertor (two guard houses) and the like. on the bishop's needle
Havenhaus Vegesack ski jump	Bremen, OT Vegesack	1653–			Swedish ski jump at Vegesack harbor	the harbor house, which was rebuilt several times, is preserved
Powder magazine Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven, Speckenbütteler Park in Bremerhaven	1874-1875			Peace powder magazine with surrounding moat u. Protective wall	Ditch u. 2/3 of the wall preserved, the magazine made of boards is almost entirely original
Fort Wilhelm (Bremerhaven)	Bremerhaven, entrance to the old port in Bremerhaven	1830-1834	1874	looped	Harbor fort, semicircular battery
Dock battery (Bremerhaven)	Bremerhaven, at the lock to the New Harbor in Bremerhaven	1849	1866–	softened, ground	Battery at the entrance to the New Harbor
Tower fort / Weser main battery (Bremerhaven)	Bremerhaven, north of the lock to the New Harbor in Bremerhaven	1865	1872	looped
Geestendorfer Schanzen	Bremerhaven, Geestemünde in Bremerhaven	1628, 1639			2 jumps at the mouth of the Geeste
Carlsburg Fortress	Bremerhaven, Lehe (Bremerhaven)	around 1670–1675, around 1680	Grounded in 1676	Abandoned in 1700	Fortress city, Swedish	leveled, overbuilt with French ski jump 1812, city of Bremerhaven u. Fort Wilhelm
Leher Schanze	Bremerhaven, Lehe (Bremerhaven)	1639, 1653	First razed in 1648, abandoned in 1672		Schanze with earth bastions in the last loop of the Geeste before the mouth
Howitzer battery Weddewarden	Bremerhaven, Weddewarden in Bremerhaven	after 1900			battery
Fort Brinkamahof I.	Bremerhaven, Brinkamahof, OT from Weddewarden / Imsum	19th century			Coastal fort	nothing more exists, harbor basin at this point
Fort Brinkamahof II	Bremerhaven, Brinkamahof, OT from Weddewarden / Imsum	1876-1879		2000: Remnants removed	Away in the mouth of the Weser	Preserved the fortress island at the edge of the container terminal
Hamburg
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Hamburg Fortress	Hamburg	1616-1625	1805	looped	Fortress city	Rudolphusbastion tw. receive
Harburg Castle fortress	Hamburg-Harburg	1644, 1656			Polygonal fortress with castle and easy fortification of the city	Preserved: 1 wing of the castle; Outlines of the fortifications on the quayside of the castle island still partly. to recognize
Hamburger Sternschanze	Hamburg-Sternschanze	1682	1866	removed around 1900	fortification in front of the fortress city of Hamburg	see also Sternschanzenpark
Hesse
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Ronneburg Castle	Altwiedermus	12./15. Century	16th century		Mountain fortress, castle with fortress structures	largely preserved, museum
Fort Biehler	Mainz-Kastel	1880	1884	1919	Last fort of the fortress Mainz	Partially preserved, cannot be viewed.
Babenhausen moated castle	Babenhausen	around 1200 / 1460–1470 Batterietürme, Wall u. Casemates		Conversion for residential purposes and formerly as a prison	Moated castle with casemates u. Turrets	Castle with largely preserved fortifications
Sternschanze (Lahnau)	Biebertal	1759		abandoned	Sternschanze	Earth systems in very good condition
Herzberg Castle	Breitenbach am Herzberg	13th century / 1480–1497	1786	abandoned	rounded castle	restored castle ruins with roundabout u. battery
Breuberg Castle	Breuberg	around 1150 / Rondell around 1480			Höhenburg with roundabout u. Turrets	largely preserved
Wolkersdorf Castle	Bottendorf (Burgwald)	1479	1811-1813	sold for demolition	rounded moated castle
Büdingen Fortress	Büdingen	1476–1503 new extension			Fortified city with gun turrets	Large parts of the facilities have been preserved, such as the Jerusalem Gate , Meliorsturm, Red Tower, Green Tower, Great Bulwark and Hexenturm , Ludwigsturm, Powder Tower and the like. a.
Falkenstein Castle	Falkenstein in the Taunus	around 1350	after 1780	Stones used to build houses	Mountain fortress, castle with gun turrets	ruin
Dillenburg Castle	Dillenburg	around 1240	1760/1768	burned down / dragged after being shot at	Mountain fortress, bastioned castle	Ruin with accessible casemates
Frankfurt fortress	Frankfurt am Main			1804–? Softening	Fortified city, polygonal fortress	only small remains have been preserved, casemates under Friedberger Bastion (Bleichstrasse) are open to the public
Rödelheim Castle	Frankfurt-Rödelheim	13th century / 1446	1802	demolished to build a classicist castle	Valley fortress, rounded castle	There are no remains of the castle, the ruins of the castle removed in 1955, the foundation walls of the castle exposed in the park
Reichsburg Friedberg	Friedberg	Gun turrets around 1500			Castle with gun turrets and roundels	Remains preserved: Bergfried Adolfsturm with double gates, outer north gate of the castle, south gate of the castle with bridge and guard house, double ring wall, "Dicker Turm" gun tower (around 1500)
Friedewald moated castle	Friedewald	12th century / roundabout 1476			Valley fortress, rounded moated castle	remarkable moated castle the tw. was converted into an early renaissance fortress, 3 fortress towers, ruin
Schwedenwall on the High Hell	Gersfeld, north side of the Hohe Hölle mountain near Gersfeld (Rhön)	probably 1618-1648		abandoned	Dreieckschanze
Gustavsburg Fortress	Ginsheim-Gustavsburg	1638		looped	Polygonal fortress	nothing received
Greifenstein Castle	Greifenstein	12th century / 15th Century	1676 castle, 1693 baroque castle	abandoned	Mountain fortress, bastioned castle with gun turret and Baroque castle	Ruin, double tower (Bruderturm), double chapel, casemates, castle museum, bell museum in the gun tower
Hanau Fortress	Hanau	around 1303 / from 1528 fortress	1806	looped	Fortified city, polygonal fortress	only a few remains
Starkenburg (castle)	Heppenheim (Bergstrasse)	12./15. Century	18th century	given up	Mountain fortress	Ruin u. Youth hostel, building structure mainly from the late Gothic period and a baroque fortress bastion
Kassel fortress	kassel	1523			Fortress city
Landgraves' residence palace in Kassel	kassel	1462–1466 / around 1500, 1556–1562, 1523 Fuldarondell	1811/1816	Fire damage / demolition, built over with Chattenburg	rounded moated castle	today the high-rise office of the regional council at this point, Fuldarondell has been preserved
Koenigstein Castle	Königstein im Taunus				Mountain fortress	ruin
Lich Fortress	Lich	16th century -			Fortress city with roundels u. included moated castle Lich
Marburg Castle	Marburg	1522–1523 southwest roundabout			Mountain fortress, rounded castle with casemates	received completely
Philippseck Castle	Munster (Butzbach)				fortified lock	nothing received
Munzenberg Castle	Munzenberg	11./15. Century	16th century	given up	Mountain fortress	Castle ruins used as a museum, a fortress tower (gun turret) largely preserved
Stein Castle (Hesse)	Nordheim (Biblis)	16th century Roman fort, middle-aged. Folgeburg, fortification expansion	17th century	destroyed	Valley fortress	preserved wall remains from Roman a. middle-aged. Time, earth bastions of the fortress tw. receive
Ober-Ense Castle	Ober-Ense (Korbach)	14th century		abandoned	Valley fortress, rounded moated castle	Remains of the 2 corner towers u. a wall
Schwedenschanze (Gersfeld)	Reesberg (Rhoen)	17th century			Double wall Sternschanze	lies in a military training area
Rüsselsheim Fortress	Rüsselsheim am Main	1399	1689	Blown up by French troops	rondeled fortress	partly looped
Spangenberg Castle	Spangenberg	13th century / fortress around 1580–1636	1763–	Conversion as a prison	Mountain fortress, rondelierte castle with bastions u. Casemates	complete with turret u. underground passages between the fortifications; Hotel, hunting museum
Steinau Castle	Steinau an der Straße	1525–			fortress-like castle castle	early Renaissance fortress style, completely preserved, museum
Fortifications on the Rheininsel Petersaue	Wiesbaden, OT Mainz-Kastel / OT Mainz-Amöneburg	1792– ?, 1841–1848, tower fort 1845	demolished tower fort by 1921	looped	several batteries, 1 tower fort, outer works of the Mainz fortress
Bridgehead of the federal fortress Mainz in Kastel	Wiesbaden, OT Mainz-Kastel	1792 -? / From 1816 a. a.	until 1921 partly canceled	looped	Bridgehead of the federal fortress Mainz	preserved: Bastion of Schönborn (new building) u. Reduit (Mainz-Kastel)
Fort Grand Duke of Hesse (also: Fort Montebello)	Wiesbaden, OT Mainz-Kastel	1805-1813	canceled until 1921	looped	Fort, wing of the bridgehead of the federal fortress Mainz	nothing preserved, only the street "Im Fort Montebello" still reminds of it
Ziegenhain water fortress	Goat grove	1622	1808	looped	Fortress city	received slightly
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Anklam fortress	Anklam	16th century, after 1615, 1648	1806–?	looped	Fortified town with an Anklamer Landwehr in front	Stone gate , high stone , powder tower
Schanze on the "Schanzenberg" Anklam	Anklam, Schanzenberg, OT from Anklam	17th century	circa 1815		Jump to protect the Peene entrance
two ski jumps at Damgarten and Ribnitz on the Recknitz River : one of them with the Jaromarsturm, a former hilltop castle, upgraded to the Sternschanze; "Alte Schanze" near Ribnitz	Damgarten / Ribnitz	after 1618 / before 1630			two jumps, one with a watch tower	Floor monument tower castle Jaromarsturm near Damgarten
Demmin Fortress	Demmin	1546/47, 1631, 1641–1659, 1675, around 1720, 1757	1759	looped	Fortress city u. a. with a half-moon hill	In addition to the Luisentor u. the powder tower (Demmin) still remains of the city wall in the western part of the city. In the south u. To the north of the old town there are parts of the fortified ramparts. To the east of the city center is a dry city moat.
Demmin Crescent Hill	Demmin , formerly located northeast of the city of Demmin	around 1757			Schanze as the fortress of Demmin Fortress
Dömitz Fortress	Doemitz	14th century -? Castle, 1559–1565	1750/1894	abandoned, conversion	Valley fortress	one of the best preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany, see also the battle of Dömitz
Fortress town of Dömitz	Doemitz	16th century - 17th Century?		abandoned	Fortified city, bastioned city fortifications	?
Railway bridge Dömitz	Doemitz	1871-1873	1945, 1978, 1988	bombed, demolished	fortified railway bridge	Some of the bridge still exists, the bridge houses have been completely preserved
Jump around the Eldeschleuse at the mouth of the Elbe in the Elbe	Dömitz, near Dömitz	until 1822		abandoned	Jump around Eldeschleuse	Earthworks preserved
Schwedenschanze or "Alte Schanze" on the ferry island	Ferry island off the island of Hiddensee	around 1715			Triangle hill with three bastions and Moat	Well-preserved system in the bird sanctuary on the east side of the island, which is not open to the public
Greifswald Fortress	Greifswald	14./16. Century, 1626, 1678	1798–	looped	Fortress city	Parts of the former central city wall (main wall) have been preserved: moat ("Wallgraben"), earth walls (chestnut wall and linden wall), as well as the fan tower
Fortress and Castle Poel	Kirchdorf (Poel) on Poel Island	1614-1618	1648–	destroyed, decayed u. worn away	Sea fortress, Renaissance fortress with a Renaissance castle in it	small remains, especially ramparts u. Trenches
Grünschwade ski jump across from Peenemünder Schanze	Kröslin , formerly east of Freest on the headland "Holm" near the island of Dänholm	1630 Swedish building, after 1720 Prussian re-fortification, presumably. also 1848 a. 1870	1871? Schanze, settlement demolished in 1888	looped	Field fortification / ski jump with military port	?
Löcknitz fortress and castle	Löcknitz	12./16. Century	from approx. 1720	multiple destruction u. abandoned	Valley fortress, renaissance moated castle	essentially only the keep u. some walls preserved
Loitz Fortress	Loitz	16.-17. Century			Fortified town with included Loitz Castle	Bastions, ramparts, ditches, etc. Walls are still in relics today, especially on the west and The north side of the city is preserved
Fortifications in the village of Altefähr	Rügen : Altefähr on Rügen	before 1628	1808-1819	looped	Polygonal fortification with four bastions, moat, etc. protruding redoubts	severely flattened traces of a ditch on the southern edge of the spa park have been preserved
"Alte Schanze" (or "Fährschanze") Altefähr	Rügen : Altefähr, near Altefähr on Rügen	before 1628	19th century	looped	Schanze, outpost of the city fortress Stralsund on Rügen	square redoubt (40 m diameter) open to the cliff at the northern end of the spa park
Sternschanze on the Bug peninsula	Rügen : Bug, Bug Peninsula on Rügen	before or after 1677	at least until 1761		Sternschanze with post office	small remains at the southern tip of the Bug
Schanze Glewitz (also: "Dänen-Schanze")	Rügen : Glewitz on Rügen	before 1661			Field fortification / jump	Wall remnants 450 m west of the Glewitz ferry
Glowitz ski jump	Rügen : Glowitz on Rügen	1677			polygonal earth hill	400 m northeast of “Muglitzer Ort”, parts of the trench on the site of the former children's holiday camp “RAW Salbke” have been preserved. Eastern part leveled.
Fort Grahlhof (with western and eastern wings)	Rügen : Grahlhof on Rügen	1876	1898	completely looped	Fort am Strelasund , outer fort of Stralsund fortress to protect the ferry connection	formerly 600 m northwest of the ferry, only the Wallmeisterhaus preserved. In 1898 the trenches were filled in and the fort demolished.
Rügenhafen project	Rügen : Groß Banzelvitz, OT from Rappin am Jasmunder Bodden on Rügen	around 1850/1937/1950		only planned or minimally started project	fortified naval port, u. a. with cont
Naval port Gustavia (Ruegen)	Rügen : Groß Zicker on Rügen	1806-1813		only started Swedish project	fortified naval port	Remains of the port facility in the water southwest of the Zicker'schen Höft
Prosnitzer Schanze and Fort Napoleon (Prosnitz), (also: Neufährschanze or Gustower Schanze)	Rügen : Gustow, Prosnitz peninsula, Prosnitz, OT von Gustow on Rügen	Early 17th century / from 1812	1870	abandoned	first Schanze, from 1812 fort, outpost of the Stralsund fortress at the entrance to the Strelasund	Moat, wall remains, small wall remains
"Ortsschanze" at Drigger Ort	Rügen : Gustow, Drigge peninsula near Gustow on Rügen	before 1628, 1849	around 1870	abandoned	Hill / Redoute	rectangular redoubt with ramparts u. Moat
former coast battery Drigge	Rügen : Gustow, east side of the Drigge peninsula near Gustow on Rügen	1879			Coastal battery	On the ridge east of the holiday home area, remains of a coastal battery for four 15 cm ring guns. Remnants of the brick-concrete masonry u. the ceiling of the lower rooms and the floor coverings of the gun platforms
Schwedenschanze Juliusruh	Rügen : Juliusruh on Rügen	17th century / around 1811			Swedish field fortification / ski jump	Remains at the entrance to Juliusruh next to the parish hall, ramparts with remains of moats
eastern wing to Fort Grahlhof	Rügen : Klein-Bandelvitz on Rügen	1884	1894?		possibly only planned facility 500 m east of Fort Grahlhof	no remains visible
Ski jump at Klein Zicker	Rügen : Klein Zicker on Rügen	around 1700	after 1815	partially looped	Swedish hill on Rügen	circular wall preserved
Schwedenschanze Neukamp	Rügen : Neukamp (Putbus) on Rügen	around 1678			Swedish field fortification / ski jump	Remains to the south of the village near the Prussian column have been preserved, see also the Rügen invasion (1678) with a picture of the Neukamp ski jump
Poppelvitz ski jump	Rügen : Poppelvitz on Rügen	before 1694			Hill / Redoute	rectangular redoubt within the Poppelvitz holiday camp
Ski jump on the "Schanzenberg" Prora	Rügen : Prora on Rügen	around 1800			Field fortification / jump
Sternschanze Ralow ("Schanzentief")	Rügen : Ralow on Rügen	before 1694			Sternschanze u. Redoubt	minimal remains on the bank of the Kubitzer Bodden
Schwedenschanze at Stolper Haken	Rügen : Schaprode, 4 km north of Schaprode on Rügen	approx. 1700-1720			Jump	Remains present
two jumps at Staphel ("Diepengrund" or "Schanzenberge")	Rügen : Staphel, municipality of Staphel on Rügen	around 1813			Field fortification / jump	500 m southeast of Staphel on a ridge (including the Reh-Berg) remains of two redoubts connected by two 30 m long walls, a hexagonal redoubt
Jumps between Klein Zicker and Thiessow, see Thiessow	Rügen : Thiessow on Rügen	around 1700	after 1815	almost all completely looped	7 Swedish jumps on Rügen	essentially only remnants of the two jumps at Klein Zicker u. received on the Lotsenberg
Battery positions on the Zudar peninsula	Rügen : Zudar, Zudar peninsula on Rügen				Battery positions	Remnants of two positions have been preserved
Peenemünder Schanze , see also: Storming the Peenemünder Schanze	Peenemünde	1715–	1759 a. 1871–	looped	a baroque jump and Later fort. The former Schanze von Grünschwade is located near this object	Ground monument
Plau Castle	Plau am See	13th century / fortress 1448–1463, 1538 a. 1540–	after 1660	largely looped	Valley fortress, rounded moated castle	Bergfried u. Office building preserved, museum
Rostock fortress	Rostock	13th century / 1559–?, 1574–1587, 1608–? from 1628, 1635, 1717	1720–? u. from 1832	looped	Fortified city with several entrenchments	Preserved: three of the massive brick country gates ( Steintor (Rostock) , Kuhtor (Rostock) , Kröpeliner Tor ), 1 beach gate from the classicistic period ( Mönchentor ), a wall tower ( lagebuschtower ), fisherman's bastion, large parts of the city wall (approx. 1300 m), as well as parts of the fortress wall
Rostock Citadel	Rostock	1566–	1573/74	completely looped	ducal citadel in the area of ​​today's rose garden
Away on the ruden	Ruden (island)	1715			possibly only a planned rectangular bastion fort with crown work on the southern tip of the island	so far no remains have been found
Schwerin fortress and citadel	Schwerin	16th century, citadel around 1550		largely looped	Fortress city u. Citadel of Schwerin Castle	Remains of the city wall in Burgstrasse have been preserved. On the castle island are the bastions of the former citadel in the northwest, southeast and West was essentially preserved
Spantekow Castle and Fortress	Spantekow	12th century / 1558–1567	1677	besieged, destroyed, partially razed u. blown up	Valley fortress, moated castle with fortress structures	ao castle, moat, gatehouse, casemates
Veste Landskron	Spantekow , OT Janow	1576-1579	17th century	abandoned	Valley fortress, still castle-like Renaissance moated castle with fortress structures	Remarkable / unusual facility (because of the late construction date for a facility of this type), ruin
Stralsund fortress see also Siege of Stralsund (1678)	Stralsund	1627–1628, 1630–	1808- u. 1873–	1873 repealed, dragged	Fortified city with 13 bastions, in the 19th century with outer forts	Some parts of the city wall have been preserved: Am Frankenwall, Knieperwall, Fährwall, Kniepertor , Kütertor (Stralsund) , Fährwall (Stralsund) , Schillstrasse 39 (Stralsund) , Lotsenhaus Stralsund , garrison hospital, Hospitaler-Küter- u. Katharinenbastion, Mühlenbastion u. partly the Tribseer-Tor-Bastion, Heilgeist- u. Kronlastadiebastion, Weingarten- u. Blue tower bastion and remains of the rifle bastion
Pommersche Schanze / Pommersche Batterie, also known as Schwedenschanze (Stralsund)	Stralsund	around 1870	from approx. 1880	looped	Outside fort of the city fortress Stralsund	Ditch u. Wall remnants u. a. Preserved from gun emplacements, today located in Grosse Parower Str
Dänholm Fortress	Stralsund, Dänholm Island in front of Stralsund	before 1628	1873	Sternschanze razed, later systems softened	Sternschanze u. later island fortress, outpost of the city fortress Stralsund	receive systems from the 19th century. a. Barracks buildings, ramparts, etc. Casemates on the so-called "Little Dänholm"
Wismar fortress	Wismar	1680- u. a.	1717-1718	looped	Fortified city with offshore island fort Walfisch	u. a. Water gate (Wismar) , old water tower (Wismar) , vault (Wismar) , old armory Wismar , see also battle near Lübow
Fort whale	Wismar, Walfisch (island) off Wismar	1618-1632, 1644, 1682-1696	1717-1718	dragged / blown up	Island fort of the fortress city of Wismar with gun turret	Remnants under the water of the Baltic Sea
Wolgast Fortress	Wolgast	17th century		looped	Fortress city	Remains of the city wall west of the old town and on the B 111 just before the harbor opposite the Runge house
Castle and citadel around Wolgast Castle	Wolgast, Castle Island (Wolgast)	1496– ?, 1558–1563 castle, around 1547 extension of the fortress	1637–? Decay, 1675 a. 1713 destruction	destroyed, dilapidated, completely demolished by 1820	Citadel around the renaissance castle on the castle island	There are no remains above ground, the foundations of a stair tower were excavated in 2008
Lower Saxony
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Grauerort fortress	Abbenfleth on the Elbe	1869-1879	1895	given up	Fort with moat u. Casemates	largely preserved system, under restoration.
Aurich fortress	Aurich	1529- u. a.			Fortress city
Aurich Castle ("Averborg")	Aurich	1447, from 1568	1811 u. 1852	Demolition u. unpaved new castle building	Valley fortress, bastioned castle
Bederkesa moated castle	Berderkesa, Bad Bederkesa	12th century / extension of the fortress presumably around 1460/1536/1579	1662	1662 bastions a. Ramparts removed, partial demolition in 1749/1793	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	restored u. partly The rebuilt castle was preserved
Belumer Schanze	Belum, mouth of the Oste into the Lower Elbe near Belum	presumably around 1618 and 1712/1811/1847/1864	after 1864	looped	Schanze at the entrance to the Oste	hardly any remains; On the area of ​​a later flak position, the commander's house and two crew houses were preserved
Bleckede Castle	Bleckede	13th century castle / 15th - 16th century Century. Fortifications / 1600 u. 1743 castle			Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	Castle, remains of the round tower from around 1500
Borkum sea fortress	Borkum, Borkum Island	1902–	1945 – shortly afterwards	bombed / blown up	Bunkers, coastal batteries	Remains scattered on the island, u. a. from Batt. Coronell, flak stands, ammunition bunker, Hänisch battery (Oldmann Olde Düne), Batt. Richthofen (Ostland), Flakbatterie Duala (Sternklipp Düne)
Braunschweig Fortress	Braunschweig	1692–1741, from 1762	1780-1803	looped	Fortified city with 17 bastions and a Landwehr as a protective wall in front of the city	almost nothing, see also Wallring (Braunschweig) u. Brunswick Landwehr
Klein Stöckheim fortress , see picture under Schwedendamm	Braunschweig , OT Klein Stöckheim	1627		looped?	Siege fortress of the siege of Wolfenbüttel	Trench remains preserved
Bremervörde Castle	Bremervörde	12th / 16th century Century	1627/1647 a. 1657 destroyed during sieges	Grounded in 1682	Valley fortress / bastioned moated castle on island in the Oste	Nothing received from the castle, digging u. Walls tw. Remains preserved, the chancellery building and a stable were preserved in the area of ​​the bastioned outbuilding
Buckeburg Castle	Buckeburg	14th century / until 1527 extension of the fortress, 1748–1777 ramparts a. Trenches in the palace garden	1732- u. 1777-1787	softened	Valley fortress, bastioned castle	unsecured lock received
Celle fortress	Celle				Fortress city
Celle Castle	Celle	10th century / 1471–1478, new fortifications built 1520–1560	1785-1802	softened	Valley fortress, rounded moated castle	Castle (on the castle island) without fortifications but with a surrounding moat ("castle moat") of the former fortifications around the castle park
6 fortifications near Cuxhaven (excluding Fort Kugelbake and Fort Thomsen), "Fortress Cuxhaven"	Cuxhaven, in / around Cuxhaven	End of the 19th century			Forts u. Gun batteries
Fort Kugelbake	Cuxhaven, mouth of the Elbe near Cuxhaven , OT Döse	1869–1870, 1871–1873, 1876–1878, –1911, 1931 maintenance	1947	civil conversion	Naval artillery fort with moat, casemates, etc. Gun batteries at the mouth of the Elbe	largely original u. restored
Fort Thomsen	Cuxhaven, between Duhnen and Stickenbüttel in the city of Cuxhaven	1905-1908	1919–	abandoned, blown up	Two gun batteries gone	hardly any remains, area today: bird sanctuary, camping site, building yard
Ritzebüttel Castle	Cuxhaven , OT Ritzebüttel	1340 Castle, 15th century. Fortification expansion			bastioned moated castle / defense tower	the fortified tower, which has largely been preserved in its original form, was expanded into a castle with additions; small remains of the former fortifications exist in the park
Erichsburg Castle	Dassel , OT Erichsburg	1527-1530, 1604-1612		1688 partial demolition	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	Castle structures with parts of the moats on three sides and remains of the ramparts have been preserved
Delmenhorst Fortress , see also Delmenhorst Castle	Delmenhorst	15.-16. Century	17th century decay	canceled	bastioned moated castle	Remains of the foundation wall on the castle island have been preserved
Stickhausen Castle	Detern, Stickhausen, OT von Detern	1435, 1498, 1558, 1622-1624	1744–	looped	Valley fortress, bastionized castle with ravelin	Round tower from 1498 with museum, remains of the ramparts
Dieler Schanze	Hallway (Weener)	14th century, 1633, 1647	1672	looped	Complex of jumps with an extension of 2 km	Remains present, u. a. Moat, former main hill with double wall-ditch system still recognizable
Emden fortress	Emden	1514-1517, 1606-1616	Abandoned 1815–1866	ground from around 1850	Fortress city	8 of the former 11 pentagonal bastions remained, furthermore the Emden city moat (fortress moat) and the like. the port gate
Esens moated castle	Esens	1427–1430 castle, 1547 fortification expansion	1764–1764 castle, 1791–? Wall et al. Trenches, 1830-1839	Demolition for sale, digging u. Wall systems leveled	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle
Friedeburg Castle	Friedeburg	around 1440 extension of the fortress	1763	looped	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	Remains of the ramparts
Gifhorn Fortress and Castle	Gifhorn	1525-1581	1770-1780	Fortifications removed	Valley fortress with a Renaissance castle in it, type of bastion castle	Castle, former gatehouse and a 45 m long casemate-like underground passage preserved; museum
Göttingen fortress	Goettingen	1447 u. a.		razed after 1762/63, ditches filled in in 1792	Fortress city	The last remaining tower of the city fortifications: Bismarck house from 1447
Hannover Fortress (with Calenberger Neustadt )	Hanover	15th century, fortress from 1632 Hanover a. 1646 Calenberger Vorstadt, 1758–	1763–? u. 1780	Grinding	Fortified town with Sternschanze, upstream jumps and the like Ravelins	Beginenturm (Hanover) , Borgentrick tower
Sternschanze on the Lindener Berg	Hanover, Lindener Berg near Hanover	1721			Sternschanze around the medieval watch tower	The watch tower from 1392 (at times used as a windmill) has been preserved
Franzosenschanze (Münden)	Hannoversch Münden, Questenberg north of Hannoversch Münden	1756-1763			Jump	Located in the forest, well-preserved ramparts
Tillyschanze (Münden)	Hannoversch Münden, Rabanenkopf near Hannoversch Münden	1760-1761			Jump	small remains at the Tillyschanze restaurant
Hameln Fortress	Hamelin	1664-1684, 1760-1763, 1774-1784, 1806	1808, 1843	looped	Fortified city with bastions, four outer forts on the u. on the Klüt mountain
Klüt Fortress	Hamelin , Berg Klüt	17th century -?	1808, 1843	looped	four outer forts of the fortress city of Hameln am u. on the Klüt mountain	after the forts were demolished, a. the Klütturm observation tower was built from its stones
Hildesheim Fortress	Hildesheim	16th century, u. a. 1511			Fortress city	New Gate (Hildesheim) with bastion, Kehrwiederturm (Hildesheim)
Hornburg Castle	Hornburg	11th century / after 1430	1626, 1630, 1645	Destruction, abandoned, quarry	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	Ruin, partially restored, private.
Jever Fortress and Castle	Jever	1428		softened	Valley fortress, late Gothic	Castle complex preserved
Schwedenschanze (Klein Hutbergen)	Klein Hutbergen	1654	1658/59 a. a.	abandoned	pentagonal hill	Trench remains preserved
Castle location	Location (spelled)	12th century, 1439–1447 castle / 1592 new fortress built	1523 and Besieged in 1626	Blown up by the Dutch in 1626	Valley fortress, gothic, rounded moated castle which has now been expanded into a pentagonal renaissance fortress with two moats	Castle ruins
Langwedel Castle	Langwedel (Weser)	13th century / from around 1648 extension of the fortress	around 1866?	demolition	bastioned castle	Remains of the wall at the castle bath visible
Leerort fortress	Leerort near Leer (East Frisia)	1435, 1453, 1501, 1528–1531, around 1558,	The castle was demolished in 1612, the fortress was abandoned in 1744	Grounded 1754–1760	Valley fortress, bastioned castle with palace complex	Above all, walls have been preserved, fortress museum in a former school
Spanish fortress Lingen	Lingen	before 1597	1630	looped	Fortress town with included rondelierte Wasserburg Lingen	only the Lingen powder tower in the former castle area remained
Liebenburg fortress	Liebenburg	Expansion presumably 1521 – before 1641	severe destruction in the Thirty Years War	1750–1754 extensive demolition for the construction of the Liebenburg hunting lodge on the castle grounds	rounded castle	Preserved: Remains of the curtain wall, a round bastion, an underground passage, the guard tower "Hausmannsturm" (1290–1302) standing outside the castle area as a forward control point of the castle
Lueneburg Fortress	Luneburg	15th century	around 1900	demolition	Fortress city
Meppen fortress	Meppen	Beginning after granting city rights in 1360, expansion until 1660, construction of Paulsburg in 1374	1762	Demolition towards the end of the 7 Years War (1762)	Fortress city Meppen with inside Paulsburg	In the 1960s, the former gatehouse of Paulsburg was demolished. The counter wall has been preserved to this day.
Neuchâtel Castle (Zetel)	Neuchâtel (Friesland)	1462		softened	bastioned moated castle	Castle without ramparts and Trenches preserved
Citadel Schloss Landestrost	Neustadt am Rübenberge				Valley fortress, bastioned castle
Neustadt fortress	Neustadt am Rübenberge				Fortress city
Nienburg Fortress with Nienburg Castle	Nienburg / Weser	1639–	around 1810-1813	Grinding	Fortified city with bastioned Nienburg Castle	The tower of the former Nienburg Castle is preserved
Island fort Langlütjen I	Nordenham, mouth of the Weser at Nordenham	1869-1870	1918 u. 1945 disarmed	Blasted after 1945, ruins covered with sand	Fort on a man-made island with access dam	Remains present, private property
Island fort Langlütjen II	Nordenham, mouth of the Weser at Nordenham	1872–1876, commissioned in 1880	1918 u. 1945 disarmed		Away on an artificially created island	important complex with casemates u. Well preserved, private property
Oldenburg Fortress	Oldenburg (Oldb)	16th century, 1615, from 1667	1765 or 1777		Fortress city	So-called powder tower of the city wall from 1529
Citadel Oldenburg (later: Oldenburg Castle )	Oldenburg (Oldb)	11th century / 1530		converted into a castle	Castle converted into a Renaissance citadel	some of the foundation walls of the castle were exposed, the current castle no longer has any fortifications
Osnabrück Fortress	Osnabrück	15th century	around 1815	looped	Fortified city, Gothic	Remains of the city wall with the Waterloo Gate
Petersburg Citadel	Osnabrück	1628–	1633 destroyed during siege	razed around 1648	Citadel, Renaissance
princely Calenberg Fortress Calenberg (also: Burg Calenberg)	Pattensen , OT Schulenburg	1292–? Castle around 1500 extension of the fortress, 1648 castle building renewed, 1656 a. 1662 fortress repaired	Sieges and Destruction: 1519, 1629, 1632, 1633	1692–? Fortress razed, around 1765 Castle demolished for the construction of a prison (demolished around 1938)	Water castle converted into a fortress with later palace complex	preserved: mighty ramparts, cellars, etc. Foundations of the castle, the chateau, the Corvinus cellar and the remains of the battery tower at the castle entrance. There is a well several meters deep in one of the vaults. The trenches of the former moated castle are now dry
Peine Castle	Torment	1659–1661 extension of the fortress	1519, 1521, 1522, 1633 Destruction during sieges	1803–1816 extensive demolition	bastioned moated castle	a bastion was preserved, moats (including a pond) were converted into a castle park with information boards about the castle's history, bastion wall with escarpes wall and the like. Casemate remains, remains of the bridge over the moat
Pyrmont fortress and castle ("Veste Pyrmont")	Pyrmont, Bad Pyrmont	1512–? u. 1525 fortress (Veste Pyrmont), 1557–1562 renaissance castle, 1706–1710 baroque castle, from 1721 fortress renovation	around 1700 demolition of the renaissance castle		Valley fortress with castle, Renaissance fortress	largely preserved complex: fortress gate with coats of arms and Bridge over the moat, commandant's house with one-hand clock , casemates, corner bastion with underground access tunnels, baroque palace. Restored, museum.
Rethem moated castle	Rethem (Aller)	13th century / extension with bastions in the 16th century, 1661 repairs	1548 Destruction during conquest	Abandoned as official residence in 1865	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	essentially only foundation walls preserved u. built over with buildings of the modern age
Rinteln Fortress	Rinteln	1530 u. from 1665–1678 fortress construction	1639, 1806	looped	Fortress city with bridgehead u. Jump	Casemates at St. Sturmius Church, fortress gate, Eulenburg (Rinteln) with museum and exhibited cannons of the former fortress, park Blumenwall with remains of the ramparts u. Fortress moats
Rodenberg Castle	Rodenberg	around 1478, around 1510, 1518–1525, 1556	1663	Softened, around 1800 the moat partially filled	Valley fortress, bastioned castle	Remains of ramparts and the like Ditch with remains of the bastions, local history museum in the so-called Ständehaus
Meadow battery Schillig ("Fort Schillig")	Schillig, between Schillig and Minsen	around 1900, 1935–	after 1918 a. after 1945 demolished / blown up		Coastal fort with moat u. Casemates on the Jade	today in Mellumweg 4
Schillig dike battery	Schillig, between Schillig and Minsen	around 1900, 1935–	after 1918 a. after 1945 demolished / blown up		Coastal fort with moat u. Casemates on the Jade
Watt battery Schillig	Schillig, between Schillig and Minsen	around 1900, 1935–	after 1918 a. after 1945 demolished / blown up		Artillery position	Formerly located on the site of today's Utkiek restaurant
Stade fortress	Stade	17th century			Fortress city	Sweden store
Schwinger Schanze (also: "Brunshausener Schanze"), see Elbe customs frigate	Stade-Brunshausen, formerly OT von Stade		around 1865		Schanze with Elbe customs station at the mouth of the Schwinge into the Elbe
Steinbrück moated castle	Steinbrück (Söhlde)	1523 - Extension of the fortress	1643–? u. 1787	partially looped	Castle complex with gun turret	preserved: castle partly u. a former gun turret (now used as a church)
Wilhelmstein Fortress	steinhuder sea	1771-1767		partially worn or lost	Island fortress on artificially created islands	largely preserved complex, museum
Stolzenau Castle	Stolzenau / Weser	1346 / extension of the fortress up to around 1590	1625 Destroyed during siege	1965 total demolition	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	The castle school is located on the site of the castle today
Christiansburg (Varel)	Varel	1681	1694-1696	abandoned, dragged	Coastal fortress with port facility in it	Port of Varel u. Wall remnants south of it
Citadel Vechta (also fortress "Sancta Maria")	Vechta	1666– ?, outer work ( caponier ) from 1705	1769	dragged down to Zeughaus u. Caponier	citadel	in the 1990s partial reconstruction of the old fortress with the complete Friedrich-Christian-Bastion u. half of the Maximilian bastion, "Citadel Park Vechta" museum
Vechta fortress	Vechta	1647–? City bastions, new castle construction in 1550	1684 city fire, castle abandoned, castle tower blown up in 1687, castle completely demolished by 1698		Fortress town with citadel u. included Vechta Castle	Replica of the former castle, built in 2012
Verden fortress	Verden (Aller)	17th century			Fortress city
Auburg moated castle	Wagenfeld	End of 15th century		softened	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	only the Herren- u. get the servants' house
Wangerooge sea fortress	Wangerooge, Wangerooge Island	before 1900	1945–	blown up	approx. 9 batteries u. 100 bunkers	There are filled bunkers
Imperial war port Wilhelmshaven	Wilhelmshaven	1856– ?, 1873–1886 / 1888			fortified imperial war port of the deep sea fleet with the forts: Schaar, Mariensiel u. Rustersiel, Heppens (beach battery)
Fort Schaar	Wilhelmshaven, Aldenburg in Wilhelmshaven	1878–	Blasted in 1945, remnants removed in 1974		Wilhelmshavener Fort with moat u. Casemates	The area was built on with houses and the moat was preserved
Fort Heppens (beach battery)	Wilhelmshaven, Heppens in Wilhelmshaven	1878–	1915 gun battery dismantled and the Fort Napoleon (Ostend) spent		Wilhelmshavener Fort with coastal battery
Kniphausen Castle	Wilhelmshaven, Kniphausen , former district of Wilhelmshaven	1438 u. 1666/67		softened	bastioned moated castle	Plant received in parts, u. a. Marstall, stair tower and Gatehouse
Fort Mariensiel	Wilhelmshaven, Mariensiel near Sande	1876-1880	1945–? partially blown up		Wilhelmshaven coastal fort with moat u. Casemates	today circumferential street 10; u. a. Preserved: water ditch, guardhouse (today citizens' meeting place), Kehlkaserne with casemates u. Gate passage and civilian bunker systems
Fort Riistersiel	Wilhelmshaven, Rüstersiel in Wilhelmshaven	1878–	1911 u. a. abandoned		Wilhelmshavener Fort with moat u. Casemates	At Vogelwarte 21, today on the area: Institute for Bird Research - Vogelwarte Helgoland ; Preserved moat
Wittmund Castle	Wittmund	before 1454 castle			Valley fortress, bastioned castle	the so-called "castle wall", the rest of the ramparts, was preserved
ducal Brunswick-Lüneburg fortress Wolfenbüttel , see also Schwedendamm	Wolfenbüttel	1432–? u. from 1570	1798–	looped	Fortified city with 9 bastions, citadel u. presumably fortified Wolfenbüttel Castle	u. a. Armory, moat, wall remains, remains of 4 bastions, partly. with casemates; Casemates of the Lindenberg Bastion can be visited
Citadel Wolfenbüttel , see also the picture at Schwedendamm	Wolfenbüttel	?	1798–?	looped?	Citadel of the fortress town of Wolfenbüttel
Howitzer battery Wremen	Wremen	1905-1906	1917-1919, 1946	disarmed, abandoned, blown up	Battery with surrounding wall u. Moat	a number of systems in ruin
Schanze and fortress on the former Ellenser Damm	Zetel, between the former islands of Ellens u. Ahm, today the Zetel community	1622	1658–	looped	Valley fortress	Ground monument
North Rhine-Westphalia
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Sparrenburg	Bielefeld	1535–? Roundels			Mountain fortress, rounded castle with corner bastion	partly received with rondelles u. Bastions
Electoral Cologne Fortress Bonn	Bonn	1622	1673, 1689, 1703 and 1811	Destruction during sieges, later razed	Fortress city	partly Preserved: old customs , star gate with barrel vault (casemate), Schänzchen
Beueler Schanze (also: "Fort de Bourgogne")	Bonn , OT Beuel	1583, around 1703 stone Fort de Bourgogne	1713	looped	Hill / fort	Today Konrad-Adenauer-Platz is located on the site of the ski jump, preserved earth walls extend to today's Von-Sandt-Strasse, formerly about 750 m × 480 m.
Pfaffenmütz fortress	Bonn , OT Geislar	1620	around 1629	abandoned	Island fortress / ski jump at the mouth of the Sieg in the Rhine	received nothing above ground
Brüggen Castle	Bruggen	13th century / fortress-like expansion around 1520	1794/1801	abandoned	Valley fortress, moated castle with bastions u. casemated ramparts
Coesfeld Fortress	Coesfeld	1303 - approx. 1500 (second fortress ring)	1688	dragged, remains blown up in 1761	Fortified city with citadel	Wall systems in front of the former city wall, Walkenbrückentor , Powder Tower (Coesfeld)
Ludgerusburg Citadel	Coesfeld	1655–	1688	looped	Citadel with castle	Torhaus ruin (1656) at the entrance to the city park, remains of St.-Johannes-Ravelin, moat remains, 1 barrel vault
Detmold Castle	Detmold	1447–? u. 1549–	1780–	Demolition of the fortifications in the entrance area	bastioned moated castle	Castle fortifications with walls and Corner rondelles tw. preserved, as well as the wide moat / moat on the south u. West side of the castle
landgräfl. Hesse-Kassel fortress Dorsten	Dorsten	1633–	1641 destruction	demolished from the 18th century?	Fortress city	restored moat u. Wall systems "Ostgraben" u. "Südgraben", two preserved defense towers on the west moat
Erkelenz fortress	Erkelenz	1492–1538 extension of the fortress	1674 destruction	Grounded 1816–1819	Fortified city with double wall-ditch system, casemates and included Landesburg Erkelenz	small remains of the city wall, restored ruins of the state castle with wolf tower
early baroque fortification of the Externsteine	Horn-Bad Meinberg	before 1663	1810	tore off	Fortifications with rondelles and pleasure palace
Kaiserswerth Castle	Düsseldorf, OT Kaiserswerth	1045, expanded to a fortress by 1424	1702	by Dutch u. Prussian troops blown up	bastioned castle
Electoral Cologne fortress Kaiserswerth	Düsseldorf , OT Kaiserswerth		Destruction in 1689, blown up in 1702, quarry until 1711	by Dutch u. Prussian troops blown up	Fortified city with castle
Electoral Cologne fortress Lechenich	Erftstadt , OT Lechenich	15-17 Century	Sieges: 1642, 1673 a. 1689 destruction of the castle a. City fortifications, castle burned down in 1689	18th century -? Decay u. demolition	Fortified town with included Lechenich state castle	Ruins of the castle with outer bailey, remains of the city wall
Haus Horst moated castle (Essen)	Essen , OT Horst	15.-16. Century	?	Destroyed or softened? Conversion for residential purposes	rounded moated castle with ramparts	unfortified lock with moat u. Preserved ruins of the old castle
Electoral Cologne fortress Hülchrath	Grevenbroich , OT City of Hülchrath	1583–? u. 1608–1612 extension of the fortress	1642 u. Besieged / destroyed in 1676, largely razed in 1688	looped	Fortress around the place Hülchrath with included bastion moated castle with outer bailey and. double moat	Neo-Gothic redesigned core castle with remains of the outer castle preserved
Herford Fortress	Herford		1765		Fortress city
Jülich Fortress	Jülich	1547	1860	looped	Fortress city	partially preserved, including bridgehead Jülich in Brückenkopfpark Jülich
Citadel Jülich	Jülich				Valley fortress
Electoral Cologne water castle Kempen	Kempen	1634–? new fortifications u. 1 bastion built and converted into a renaissance castle	Conquered in 1642	Softened in 1807 / partial demolition, completely burned down in 1851	bastioned moated castle	neo-Gothic new buildings from 1861–1863
Schenkenschanz	Kleve				Valley fortress	Fort Pannerden , which still exists today, was built near the Schenkenschanz on Dutch territory in the 19th century as the successor to the Schenkenschanz fortress . It is used as a museum.
former fortress city of Cologne	Cologne				Valley fortress
Malakoffturm in Cologne	Cologne , at the Rheinauhafen	1852-1855		abandoned	Harbor fort, battery with gun turret	well preserved
Fortress ring Cologne	Cologne	1815	1926	looped	Ring of forts around the fortress city of Cologne	partly receive
Prussian fortress Deutz	Cologne , OT Deutz	1633 fortress construction, 1816 / 1818–1822 Prussia. New building, 1858/59 Fort XV, 1857–1859 Fort XIV, 1861–1863 Fort Rauch	First razed in 1678	1909–? looped (last systems around 2000)	Fortress city with forts	In the Rheinpark you can still see the wall around the former Fort XII (later numbered as XV). The lunette 1 is still recognizable by the ramparts near the Jewish cemetery. Former Barracks, today the state house. Remains of a caponier from Fort Rauch in the basement of a Strabag AG building
Linn Fortress	Krefeld, OT Linn	until 1581 u. around 1620 expansion with bastions, 1643–1645	1702-1715	Surrender after fire damage	Fortress city with five roundels u. integrated Linn Castle	restored castle with museum
Fixed latitude	Linnich , on the right bank of the Rur River at the gates of the city of Linnich	15-17 Century expansion	Destroyed / razed / finally demolished in 1973 in 1595 or later	looped	Fortified moated castle	no remains
Lippstadt Fortress	Lippstadt	before 1633	1763–	looped	Fortress city
gräfl. Lippe fortress Lipperode Castle	Lippstadt , OT Lipperode	1600 / 1604–? Fortification extension	1616-1763	looped	bastioned moated castle	Moat u. some remains of the wall
Minden fortress	Minden				Fortress city
Rheydt Castle	Mönchengladbach
Haus Horst moated castle (Mönchengladbach)	Mönchengladbach , OT Giesenkirchen	around 1583–1588	definitely after 1585, time unclear	looped / conversion to a residential palace	rounded moated castle	converted castle complex without fortifications but with a moat u. Former outer bailey preserved
Citadel of Münster (also: Paulsburg)	Muenster	1661-1700	1759 a. 1764	Grounded in 1764	citadel	Outlines in the castle park can be seen, on the area of ​​the citadel is today the residential castle of the Prince-Bishop's Castle of Münster
Munster Fortress	Muenster	around 1530	1759 a. 1764	1764 / 1770– ground	Fortress city with bastions u. partly double wall trains u. double moats and the citadel	including the Buddenturm u. the Zwinger (Münster) , a roundabout from 1528
Rees Fortress	Rees	1616-1625	1674–	looped	Fortress city	considerable parts of the city wall on the banks of the Rhine, casemates to be visited under the Koenraad-Bosman-Museum , mill tower, old customs tower, remains of the bastion in front of the drop gate
Rheinberg fortress	Rheinberg				City fortress
Orsoy fortress	Rheinberg, Orsoy, OT from Rheinberg	1438 / Fortress: 1565–1581, 1632–1640	1586, 1672 -? / Around 1750	Grinding / releasing	Fortress city	small remains of bastions, ravelins, etc. Fortress moats, city walls preserved in large parts, u. a. Powder tower
Rietberg Castle fortress	Rietberg	14th century castle, after 1562 fortress, 1605 a. 1623 castle	from 1745 decay	1802–1803 complete demolition	Valley fortress, bastioned moated castle	The moats were preserved. Ramparts, now the Rietberger Fischteiche nature reserve
Müllenark Castle	Inden (Rhineland) , OT. Schophoven	1500–? expansion			Castle with gun turret	Foundation walls of the core castle with the remains of the battery tower on the northeast corner, ruinous tower, baroque outer castle (1670)
Vlotho Castle	Vlotho	1250	1709	sold for demolition	Hilltop castle
Citadel Wesel	Wesel				citadel
Wesel fortress	Wesel				Fortified city with citadel
Rhineland-Palatinate
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Veste Kauzenburg	Bad Kreuznach	13th century / 1620–1632 extension of the fortress	1689	conquered u. blown up by the French	Mountain fortress	Ruin with modern fittings, castle cellar, 1 remnant tower, currently restaurant
Hindenburg Bridge	Bingen am Rhein	1913-1915	1945	blown up by German troops	fortified railway bridge	Remains of the stone fore-bridges and remains of the bridge tower on the Kempten side have been preserved
Altdahn castle ruins	Dahn	13th century / battery tower 16th century	1689	destroyed by French troops	Ridge castle with gun turret	Ruin, castle museum, battery tower in good condition
Neudahn castle ruins	Dahn	13th century / battery towers approx. 1500–1550	1525 first destruction	Destroyed by French troops in 1689	Höhenburg with two turrets u. a bastion	Ruin, remarkable battery towers with mouth sockets, some in the shape of lion grimaces
Schwedenschanze (Dörscheid)	Dörscheid	presumably 1631/32		largely looped	Sternschanze	Remains present
Gun turret Small France (also: "Thurm France")	Erlenbach near Dahn	Late 15th century (1484?)	17th century	abandoned	Gun turret as the outwork of Berwartstein Castle	Tower preserved up to the first floor
Neuscharfeneck castle ruins	Flemlingen , Flemling Forest east of Ramberg (Pfalz)	1470 u. 1530 expansion with casemates a. Gun emplacements	Burned down in 1525	Blown up in 1629 or 1633	Castle with casemated shield wall for use with cannons	ruin
Frankenthal fortress in the Electoral Palatinate	Frankenthal (Palatinate)	1573–1583, 1600–1608, 1718–? u. 1770–	Dismantled until 1870 / overbuilt from 1880	1688/89 a. a. largely razed by the French	Fortress city, formerly the strongest fortress on the left bank of the Rhine in the Electoral Palatinate	including Wormser Tor , Speyerer Tor
Germersheim Fortress	Germersheim	1834-1855	1920-1922	looped	Polygonal fortress	well preserved
Hardenburg	Hardenburg (Bad Dürkheim)	13th century / around 1500	1692/1794	softened / burned off	Mountain fortress, castle with fortress structures	Castle ruins with gun turrets, rondels, etc. Cellar vaults preserved
Oberstein Castle	Idar-Oberstein	14./15. Century	approx. 1688–1697 / 1855	Towers blown up / fire damage	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	partly restored ruin
Landeck Castle (Palatinate)	Klingenmünster	13th century / approx. 1450–1500 roundels, expansion around 1570	1525/1680 or 1689	burned down / destroyed by French troops	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	well-preserved / restored castle ruins
Koblenz Fortress	Koblenz	1822	1889-1922	looped	Fortress city	partially preserved
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress	Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein	16th century	1918	abandoned	Mountain fortress	received completely
Philippsburg Castle	Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein	1626-1632	1801	completely removed	bastioned baroque castle	only neighboring buildings belonging to the castle have been preserved
Festival Emperor Alexander	Koblenz-Karthauser	1816-1822	1922/1964	blown up, largely demolished	External works of the fortress city of Koblenz	Löwentor u. Remains of the throat redoubt and the Hübeling battery have been preserved
Fort Grand Duke Constantine	Koblenz-Karthauser	1822–1827, from 1860 a. 1900-1902	1921-1922	partially softened	Mountain fortress, outer fort of the fortress of Emperor Alexander	largely preserved
Celebrations of Emperor Franz	Koblenz-Lützel	1816-1822	1922/1959	blown up, partial demolition	External works of the fortress city of Koblenz	Ruins of Reduit u. Throat tower and remains of the Neuendorfer Flesche outworks have been preserved
Crottorf Castle	Krottorf, OT. from Friesenhagen	14th century / around 1550, 1605–1607, 1619–1622			Valley fortress, rounded moated castle	received completely
Landau Federal Fortress	Landau in the Palatinate	1679-1691	1866	looped	Polygonal fortress	small remains present
Nanstein Castle	Landstuhl	Castle 12th century, battery tower and roundel from 1518	1523, 1668 and 1689	Destruction and demolition	rounded castle with gun turret	Partly restored castle ruins with large roundabout and small roundabout have been preserved, the gun turret has not been preserved
Mannheimer Rheinschanze	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	1606/1698 / after 1814	1843	repeatedly destroyed, abandoned u. overbuilt	Bridgehead of the fortress city of Mannheim
Federal fortress Mainz	Mainz	1619	1904	looped	Fortified city with citadel	partly receive
Citadel Mainz (also: Schweikhardsburg)	Mainz	1620–1629, from 1655	around 1918	abandoned / conversion	Valley fortress, Renaissance citadel	Remarkably completely preserved renaissance citadel with baroque buildings u. the Roman Drususstein , tw. Museum, guided tours in underground facilities possible
Neuerburg Castle	Neuerburg	12th century / 1513–1540 a. 1701	1692 tw. blown up	from 1818 quarry	bastioned hilltop castle	Ruin, partially restored
Ski jumps on the Rheininsel Niederwerth	Rheininsel Niederwerth	1792-1797		abandoned	Schanzen u. Field fortifications from siege of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress	mostly lost due to field cultivation
Oppenheimer Schanze, see Swedish column	Oppenheim , Kühkopf peninsula near Oppenheim	around 1620?	Besieged by Sweden in 1631, destroyed?	abandoned	Spanish Sternschanze on the former right bank of the Rhine near Oppenheim, today the Kühkopf peninsula
Marienburg (Moselle)	Pünderich	12th century castle u. Monastery / around 1520 fortress	1650	destroyed by franz. troops	middle-aged. Castle converted into a monastery, then fortification expansion
Remagen Bridge	Remagen	1916-1918	1945	collapsed due to overload	fortified railway bridge	Peace museum in the preserved bridge towers on the Remagen side
Rheinfels Castle	Sankt Goar	1657-1674	1796	looped	Mountain fortress	ruin
Sauerburg	Sauerthal	after 1618 bastion a. Roundabout	1689 destruction / fire	abandoned	bastioned hilltop castle with roundabout	Ruin, hotel
Lichtenberg castle ruins	Thallichtenberg	from around 1500 expansion a. a. with round bastion	1693–? Decay, 1799 fire	abandoned	rounded castle	Ruin, several round bastions u. well-preserved "horseshoe tower" rondel
Grevenburg	Trarbach	14th century / fortress from 1680, around 1703, from 1730	1697/1734	first softening / blown up by the French	Mountain fortress, castle with fortress structures by Vauban	Ruin, foundation walls of the castle, remains of the west facade of the commandant's house, remains of casemates
Mont Royal	Traben-Trarbach	1687	1697	looped	Mountain fortress	minor remains
Pfalzel Fortress	Pfalzel	1530-1538; from 1532 roundels	1673/74	partly destroyed	Fortified city, bastioned city fortifications with double walls and Earth wall in between	Wall system with former 6 bastions, Moselle bastion largely preserved, walls partially preserved
Urmitzer railway bridge	Urmitz / Neuwied	1916-1918	1945	blown up by German troops	fortified railway bridge	In 1953/54 restored as a truss bridge, original bridge towers preserved
Saarland
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Dagstuhl Castle	Dagstuhl	13th century / 1466–1472, approx. 1600–1630	1717, 1726-1759	softened, demolition	Mountain fortress, bastioned castle, late Gothic	Ruin, foundation walls and the remains of a tower as well as the trenches
Homburg Fortress	Homburg	1679–1692, from 1705	1697, 1714	looped twice	Fortified town with a citadel-like mountain castle Hohenburg
Hohenburg Castle and Fortress (also: "Homburg Castle", Upper Castle or Old Castle)	Homburg	1679–1692 extension of the fortress, from 1705 reconstruction	1697, 1714	sanded twice, quarry for the construction of Karlsberg Palace	Triangular mountain fortress with Renaissance palace complex, fortress planned by Vauban	Ruin, walls are preserved. Walls with gates u. Stairways. Accessible Schlossberg caves with casemates and modern bunkers
New Montclair Castle	Mettlach	1434-1439	1606–	abandoned	Mountain fortress, rounded castle, late Gothic	Ruin, tw. restored
Old Saarbrücken renaissance castle	Saarbrücken	17th century	around 1741?	ground down, overbuilt with a baroque castle	bastioned castle	The remains of the casemates are uncovered and can be viewed under today's Schlossplatz, as well as the foundation walls of the former Renaissance castle and an exposed bastion and the southwest wall
Saarlouis fortress	Saarlouis	1680	1887	looped	Polygonal fortress planned by Vauban	Wall- u. Trench systems in the north of the city center and the so-called Vauban Island, a former half-moon hill ( demi-lune ). Vauban barracks from 1680 have been preserved.
Saxony
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Dresden Fortress , see also Altendresden	Dresden	13th century / 1519–1529, 1546–1553, from 1568, 1589–1591 Brühlsche Terrasse, 1704–1706, 1732, 1740, 1757, 1796; from 1546 u. from 1632 Altendresden	1809-1830	looped	Fortress city	small residues are preserved, u. a. Brühl's terrace with the Dresden Fortress Museum , the so-called Bärenzwinger (former Venus Bastion), remains of the Luna Bastion have been preserved at the Dresden Zwinger , parts of Bastion VI have been preserved in the garden of the Japanese Palace .
Elsterberg castle ruins	Elsterberg	13th century / 15th Century	from around 1620	abandoned	early type of the rounded hilltop castle	Ruin, double circular wall with roundel-like corner towers and remains of the palace preserved, home parlor
Eythra moated castle	Eythra	15.-16. Century?	by 1980 at the latest	Lock u. Village devastated due to lignite mining	rounded moated castle	Location completely excavated
Gnandstein Castle	Gnandstein	13th century / 15th Century casemates a. Round bastions			Spornburg with late Gothic casemates with sinkholes u. three round bastions	Best preserved castle in Saxony, museum, keep climbable, one of the former three cellars (late Gothic casemates for the use of firearms) with sinkholes has been restored and Part of the museum tour
Goerlitz fortress	Goerlitz	13th century, 1474-1477, 1536, 1664 and a.	1824–	looped	Fortress city, city fortifications with double walls, ditches, ramparts; around 1700 with 32 bastions / rondelles	receive u. a. Remains of the Nikolaizwinger , Hotherbastei , Ochsenbastei , Dicker Turm (Görlitz) , Nikolaiturm (Görlitz) , Reichenbacher Turm and the Kaisertrutz (built in 1490, water ditches filled and rededicated in 1848), Jägerkaserne (1854-1858)
fortified railway bridge near Görlitz	Goerlitz	1844–1847 viaduct, 1856–1857 block house	civil use of the log house in peacetime was planned u. was implemented immediately		fortified railway bridge with log cabin	the former log house for 80 men has been preserved and served as a restaurant after completion, today as a daycare center
Saxon state fortress Königstein	Koenigstein	13th century / 1589–1597, 1619–1681, 1694–1756, 1819, 1854/1855, 1870–1895	1913	abandoned / change of use	Mountain fortress	received completely, is one of the best preserved u. largest baroque mountain fortress in Europe
Leipzig fortress see also Leipzig city gates	Leipzig	1547– ?, 1551–1554 Moritzbastei	Abandoned in 1763	1770–? looped, the city gates 1822–1831 u. 1860	Fortified city with citadel	remains of the Moritzbastei have been preserved, especially underground vaults
Citadel Pleißenburg	Leipzig	13th century / from 1549 new citadel construction	Abandoned in 1764 / conversion	Canceled in 1897	Valley fortress, Renaissance citadel, triangular fortress	the keep , which was also integrated into the fortress, was preserved as part of the new town hall built on this site . During construction work on an underground car park, the foundation walls of the Pleißenburg were found, documented and worn away.
Saxon fortress Sonnenstein	Pirna	13th century / 1545–1548 castle, 1570–1573 fortifications, from 1639, from 1688, 1735–1737	1764	abandoned / change of use; 1813 Partial destruction by fire	Mountain fortress with castle complex	only partially received u. Facility heavily redesigned through various civil uses
Stein castle ruins at Pirk dam	Planschwitz, OT from Oelsnitz / Vogtl.	14th century / around 1400 expansion with rondelles	around 1500	abandoned	rounded castle	Circumferential ditch carved into the rock, ruins of the castle, partially flooded by the water of the Pirk dam
Neuschönfels Castle	Schönfels (light fir) , OT Neuschönfels	15th century			Rounded residential palace from the late Gothic period	Late Gothic castle threatened by decay, ruins of a roundabout u from the fortifications. Remains of a wall have been preserved
Stolpen Castle	Stumble	13th century / from 1632, from 1675, 1806	1813/1859 conversion	1813 blown up in parts by Napoleon	Mountain fortress, castle complex converted into a fortress	Mostly preserved, museum, former prison of Countess Cosel
Saxon state fortress Torgau	Torgau	before 1650, from 1811, from 1815	1889	abandoned u. looped	Fortress city	The following have been preserved: the medieval city wall in the area of ​​Gartenstrasse, the casemates on the flanks of Bastion II, the curtain wall between Bastion I and II including the access to the postern, the left flank casemate of Bastion III u. the right of Bastion VII, the glacis converted into a city park (in it remains of the sluice lunette III on the Schwarzen Graben, (OT Wolffersdorf) from 1835), both batardeaus and Parts of the infusion surfaces; as well as the bridgehead u. the fortified railway bridge.
Bridgehead of the Torgau Fortress with the Elbe lunettes Werdau and Zwetau	Torgau	before 1650, from 1811		abandoned	External works of the fortress town of Torgau in the run-up to the old Elbe bridge at Hartenfels Castle	largely preserved with defensive barracks, moat, etc. two Elbe bezels
fortified railway bridge over the Elbe at Torgau Fortress , see also Halle-Sorau-Gubener Railway	Torgau	1811-? u. 1872		1997 Demolition of the log houses	fortified railway bridge with log houses and turret	Bridge replaced by a new building in 1997, but historical tin towers preserved
Fort Mahla	Torgau, on the Kirschberg, formerly OT Mahla (near Döbernsche Str. 30 in Torgau )	1811–	1878	looped	Outside fort of the fortress town of Torgau, downgraded to bezel from 1870
Fort Zinna	Torgau, OT Zinna	1811–? u. from 1815	1889	abandoned u. Conversion	Outside fort of the fortress town of Torgau	partially preserved, correctional facility
Wehlen Castle	Wehlen	12th century	probably around 1450 a. from 1547	Destructions / abandoned	rounded castle	small remains of the wall u. a tower (roundabout)
Saxony-Anhalt
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Kurbrandenburg fortress Regenstein Castle	Blankenburg	12-15. Century Burg / 1671–1677, 1736–1742, 1757	1736 thunderstorm explosion damage, 1758 razing	blown up u. looped	Mountain fortress, rock castle that was expanded into a fortress	Preserved: ruins of the keep, rooms of the castle carved into the rock, etc. Casemates of the fortress, as well as the restored entrance gate of the fortress and the moat carved into the rock
so-called "New Castle" near Braunschwende	Braunschwende	around 1546	around 1546	Invest ruin, construction stop by imperial order	Valley fortress, bastioned castle	planned u. only started project of a bastioned castle u. Fortress with ramparts, ditches, etc. Corner bastions. Except for ramparts and Moat no visible building structure available, directly at the intersection of the B 242 / road to Wippra
Egeln moated castle	Leeches	10th century/1403-1445			rounded moated castle	largely preserved complex, parts of it in ruins
Isenschnibbe Castle	Guards	12th century / 15th Century	1784	completely demolished	Moated castle with a bastion gate system
Prussian Selkenfelder Schanze on the Harzlängsstraße	Güntersberge , about 3 km west of Güntersberge and 3.5 km east of Stiege on the "Hohen Strasse", which connects Güntersberge with today's B 242	1760		abandoned	Redoubt / Schanze, fortification of the field	Information board, log house, etc. some fortifications
Halberstadt Fortress	Halberstadt	17th century			Fortress city	The water gate tower of the medieval city fortifications has been preserved
Moritzburg (Hall)	Halle (Saale)	15th century	16th century	destroyed	Mountain fortress, round castle, castle castle	partially rebuilt, cultural use
Lower castle of Giebichenstein Castle	Halle (Saale)	Late 15th / early 16th century		abandoned	Rounded castle, early fortress style, valley fortress	received in substantial parts
Magdeburg Fortress	Magdeburg	13th century, 1450–1550, from 1666 rebuilding with citadel, 1702–1713 bastions, up to 1740 tower rampart a. Fort Berge, 1807 expansion of the Glascis, from 1814, 1840–1873, from 1866 Fortgürtel	1631 grinding, from 1872 grinding, abolished in 1900/1912	looped	Fortress city, u. a. with outer fort (fort belt), u. a. Fort mountains	Preserved: Bastion Cleve at Magdeburg Cathedral, Rayonhaus (Steinigstrasse), remains of the Old Leipzig Gate , Kiek tower in de Köken , Lukasklause , Mark barracks , remains of several forts and the like. further systems
Tower hill	Magdeburg	1718	1890	completely looped	Bridgehead of the Magdeburg Fortress
Magdeburg Citadel	Magdeburg, Elbe island Werder (Magdeburg)	1683-1702	1926-1927	almost completely looped	Citadel of Magdeburg Fortress on the Elbe island	preserved: service building (street: Zitadelle 43)
Fort I (Magdeburg)	Magdeburg, Buckau (Magdeburg)	1866	1907–? u. 1920	abandoned u. looped	Outside fort of Magdeburg Fortress	today in its place a sports facility u. Allotments located
Intermediate work VIII a of the Magdeburg Fortress	Magdeburg industrial port	1890-1891	1904– / –1912	abandoned u. looped	Intermediate work with moat
Mansfeld Castle	Mansfeld	12th century castle / 1517–1549 fortress	1674-1675	Fortress partially razed	Mountain fortress with three castles and Castle church, the largest fortress in central Germany in the 16th century	a castle u. Castle church preserved, ruins of fortifications and 2 castle ruins, bastion mine completely preserved
Querfurt Castle	Querfurt	10th century castle / 1460–1490 bastions	after 1700, at the latest 1813	Conversion as a domain	Mountain fortress	remarkable castle built in Gothic u. Renaissance was expanded to a fortress, largely preserved, u. a. the huge fortress moat with a large roundabout, the west gate, Paris tower can be climbed, museum
Rudelsburg	Saaleck (Naumburg)	12th century / around 1450?	1641	destroyed / abandoned, outer bailey demolished	rondelierte castle, formerly with rondellierte outer bailey	Ruin, tw. restored, museum, excursion restaurant
Schraplau Castle	Shrapnel	10th century / round bastions around 1484	from around 1730	abandoned / quarry, outer bailey removed	rondelierte hill castle	Ruin, curtain wall, round bastions, tw. built-up area
Ummendorf Castle	Ummendorf (Börde)	12th century / approx. 1535-1581			rounded moated castle	largely preserved plant
Weferlingen moated castle	Oebisfelde-Weferlingen	12th century / around 1500, 17th century	1717, 1929	abandoned, decay, fire damage	rounded moated castle	Ruins of residential buildings, keep (observation tower)
Wendelstein Castle and Fortress (Memleben)	Memleben	12./15. Century	18th century	partially destroyed	Mountain fortress with several castle complexes	Castle ruins, 3 castles and fortress ruins from the 15th to 17th centuries Century; Saxon, later Prussian fortress, extensive ruinous building structure preserved (threatened with decay), huge fortress moat, partly. Preserved upstream wall with remains of bastions going through, two remarkable fortress gates running underground through the wall with remains of casemates are well preserved, complex is largely accessible
Saxon state fortress Wittenberg	Wittenberg	1526 Start of expansion	Destroyed in 1760, abandoned fortress status in 1764, renewed destruction in 1814, decongestion from 1873	destroyed u. looped	Fortress city with Elbe bridgehead u. External works / Fortring	The preserved castle served as barracks during the time of the fortress, the preserved castle church tower had been converted into a gun turret
Moritzburg Castle (Zeitz)	Time	12./16. Century	17th century	largely looped	Mountain fortress, bastioned castle	Castle with cathedral preserved and Museum. Of the fortifications, the inner fortification ring with the fortress gate tower, a number of rondelles, a Renaissance bastion and the like remained. The fortress moat was completely preserved, the outer fastening ring was razed. Casemates preserved in the castle are not open to the public.
Schleswig-Holstein
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Breitenburg Castle fortress	Breitenburg	1530-1565, 1630-1633, 1647-1651	1627, 1643	Destruction, softened, water ditch filled in in the 18th century	bastioned moated castle	unsecured lock received
Eckernförde Schanzen (coastal batteries Norderschanze and Süderschanze) , see also: Battle near Eckernförde	Eckernförde , OT Louisenberg, formerly Norderschanze, in the Kurpark Eckernförde, formerly Süderschanze	1848			two coastal batteries in the bay of Eckernförde	Monument Norderschanze in Louisenberg, Süderschanzen monument in the spa gardens of Eckernförde
Glückstadt Fortress	Glückstadt	1617	?	looped?	Fortified city (with citadel? See legend of the illustration from 1652)	Bastion "Queen" on Deichtorgraben with moat, bank zone of the fortress "Am Battardeau", as well as former moats on the streets Richtsweg, Holtenborn, Janssenweg u. Urban plants
Sea fortress Heligoland	Helgoland (island)	1890–? 1935–	1945, 1947	bombed, blown up	Tunnel system, submarine bunkers, coastal batteries	approx. 400 m of the bunkers u. Tunnels can be visited
Hetlinger Schanze	Hetlingen , near the Julssand lighthouse	1659, 1672	1768	partially looped	Schanze / Fort with Ravelins a. Moat	There are remains near the lighthouse
Danewerk	Hollingstedt (Treene) , Schleswiger isthmus between the Eckernförde Bay u. Hollingstedt (Treene)	before 500–1864, 1944	1864, 1944	given up	Field fortification / Landwehr	30 km of ramparts, walls (Waldemarsmauer), Danewerk Museum in Dannewerk
fortified Imperial War Port Kiel	Kiel, City of Kiel	1871			fortified imperial war port
Friedrichsort Fortress (also: Christianspries)	Kiel-Friedrichsort	1631/1633, 1663, 1865	1918–	partly looped	Sea fortress	Wall systems in the west, south and East; southern u. the eastern moat and casemates have been preserved. Privately owned
Lübeck Fortress see also Lübeck Bastionary Fortification	Lübeck	around 1535, 1595-1600, 1614-1618, 1622-1670	1804–? 1850-1900	looped	Fortress city	largely preserved bastions Buniamshof u. Cat, partially preserved bastions Holstentor, Commis, Pulverturm u. the Schwansort bastion and the gates Holstentor , Kaisertor and Burgtor in fragments . Today the Lübeck ramparts between the Holstentor and the Puppenbrücke are on the one hand u. the former mill gate on the other hand still almost completely preserved u. the symmetrical bastions are still clearly recognizable.
Travemünde Fortress	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde	1628–? 1669, 1801	1775 / from 1803, 1812, 1822	decayed / dragged	Fortress city
new citadel Travemünde	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde	1812	around 1815-1817, 1832	looped	french octagonal citadel
old Citadel Travemünde on the Trave (including the redoubt "Müggenburg")	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde	1625, 1725	1803–	looped	Citadel on the Trave River	Former extension from today's Rose to the Lotsenberg
Ski jump on the Priwall (Travemünde)	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde , Priwall peninsula	around 1599	from 1803?	looped	Jump
Schanze at the mouth of the Trave	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde	1613	1625 / from 1803?	destroyed / dragged	Jump
Schanze on the Leuchtenfelde	Lübeck, Lübeck-Travemünde	1848	1853, 1862 (planned fort not realized)	abandoned	Jump
Ratzeburg Fortress	Ratzeburg	1690-1692	1693, 1816	Destroyed by bombardment in 1693, razed in 1816	Fortress city	the so-called powder cellar (former ammunition depot of the fortress) under today's Burgtheater from 1691 is now a restaurant
former Danish fortress Rendsburg (planned federal fortress)	Rendsburg	1669–1673, from 1690, approx. 1690–1695 extensions	1852–	looped	Fortress city	are preserved: Artillery car house, Hohes- u. Lower arsenal, garrison hospital, commandant's office, etc. a.
Citadel Gottorf Castle	Schleswig	1565–	after 1848	softened	Valley fortress, Renaissance fortress with castle	unsecured lock received
ducal Schleswig-holstein-gottorf`sche fortress Tönning	Toenning	1644-1675, 1692-1714	1714	looped	Fortified city, with the Rödemiser Schanze in the north, Tielener, Sorgen- u. Holmer Schanze in the east and Hamhus Castle to the south
Thuringia
Surname	place	Beginning	The End	When / how ended	Art	Status
Altenburg Castle	Altenburg	10th century castle, roundabout probably 16th century	18th or 19th century. Partial demolition of the tower rondelle	softened	round lock	The kennel wall with the remains of several roundels in the non-publicly accessible kennel area has been preserved
Erfurt Fortress	Erfurt	1066	1873	looped	Fortified city, two city walls with moats, porches, entrenchments, etc.	almost completely gone, except for small remains of the inner city wall
Petersberg Citadel	Erfurt	1665	1871	abandoned, some parts of the outdoor facilities were removed	baroque mountain fortress	almost completely preserved, partly museum, guided tours in underground facilities are possible from time to time; is one of the best preserved baroque fortresses in Europe and is therefore included in the list of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Citadel Cyriaksburg	Erfurt	1480	1871	abandoned, blown up in parts u. worn away	Mountain fortress, originally late Gothic still castle-like complex (parts of it preserved)	outstanding late Gothic citadel a. Early Renaissance (with baroque extensions), tw. received: Defense barracks, 2 turrets, underground well, trench, throat and Side capons, 2 cannon yards, peace powder magazine, use as the German Horticultural Museum a. egapark
Friedrichswerth Palace	Nessetal , district of Friedrichswerth	17th century			Bastion moated castle, pleasure palace	completely preserved with bastions
Gotha fortress	Gotha	13th century -? / Around 1526 fortress, 17th century new building		looped	Fortress city with citadel-like castle Grimmenstein, Gothic u. Baroque	Former location on today's Ringstrasse
Grimmenstein Castle and Fortress	Gotha	13th century - / 1526	1547, 1567	looped	Mountain fortress, bastioned castle, Gothic	Parts of the casemates received u. to visit, built over with Friedenstein Castle
baroque fortifications around Friedenstein Castle	Gotha	17th century		looped	Mountain fortress with castle
Schwedenschanze (Gotha)	Gotha , on the Krahnberg near Gotha	17./18. Century			Field fortification / jump	Remains received
Veste Heldburg	Heldburg	13th century new castle / palace, 1712–1720 extension of the fortress		?	only started bastion castle	Small remains of the fortifications have been preserved on the hillside of the Schlossberg
Fortress Heldrungen	Heroics	13th century -? Wasserburg / around 1570 extension of the fortress	18th century	abandoned	Valley fortress	bastioned moated castle of the early 16th century, fortress extension with 2 moats and Walls in the 16th and 17th centuries 17th century; largely preserved, is considered the best preserved moated castle in Thuringia
Jena fortress	Jena	1430–1500?		tore off	Fortress city	Remains of the city wall with reconstructed battlements at the gate tower Johannistor , Rotem Turm , and corner tower Powder tower with cannon roundel, ruins of the anatomy tower
Kranichfeld Upper Castle	Crane field	1530–? Castle castle, 17th century planned bastions		the planned bastion was not realized	(planned bastion) castle castle	well-fortified castle structure preserved, partial ruin
Bertholdsburg Castle	Schleusingen	13th century castle / 15th - 16th century Century. Rondelle		softened	rounded castle	Castle with museum, remains of the fortifications and the like receive a rondel
Leuchtenburg (Seitenroda)	Side rod	12./15. Century early fortress style	17th century	Conversion	Mountain fortress, rounded castle	almost completely preserved, museum
Schaumberg Castle (also: Schaumburg)	Schalkau	12th century - / 1501-1503	1635, 1640	destroyed	Mountain fortress, bastioned hilltop castle	Ruins of the core castle newly exposed; Vorburg partially preserved u. Privately owned
Schkölen Castle	Schkölen (city)	12./15. Century	Burned down in 1536	abandoned	rounded moated castle	extensive ruins preserved

Fortresses in formerly German areas

Fortifications in areas of the German Empire that today belong to Lithuania, Poland or Russia

Lithuania

• Klaipėda / Memel: former fortress town and ruins of Memelburg (bastionized castle) in East Prussia

Poland

• Brzeg / Brieg: former fortress town in Silesia
• Elbląg / Elbing: former fortress town in West Prussia
• Ełk / Lyck: former fortress town in East Prussia
• Gdańsk / Danzig: former fortress town in West Prussia
  • Weichselmünde fortress
  • Fortifications on the Danzig main
• Drezdenko / Driesen, former fortress Schloss Driesen, bastioned castle, Kurbrandenburg fortress, razed in 1765, in Neumark
• Giżycko / Lötzen: Feste Boyen in East Prussia
• Głogów / Glogau: fortress in Lower Silesia
• Grudziądz / Graudenz: fortress in West Prussia
• Huta / Hüttenguth: Fort Wilhelm in Lower Silesia
• Kłodzko / Glatz: fortress in Lower Silesia
• Kołobrzeg / Kolberg: fortress in Pomerania
• Kostrzyn nad Odrą / Küstrin: Küstrin fortress in East Brandenburg
• Koźle / Cosel: fortress in Upper Silesia
• Malbork / Marienburg: fortress town in West Prussia
  • Ordensburg Marienburg with fortresses from the 15th century
• Nysa / Neisse: Fortress Neisse in Upper Silesia
• Poznań : Poznan Fortress in the Poznan Province
• Samborowo near Ostróda / "Königlich Bergfriede" near Osterode in East Prussia, (with log houses still in existence) fortified bridge from the German era (around 1900), see the picture directory of the rural community
• Srebrna Góra / Silberberg: Fortress, Silesian Gibraltar in Lower Silesia
• Świdnica / Schweidnitz: former fortress town in Lower Silesia
• Świnoujście / Swinoujscie: Swinoujscie fortress on the island of Wolin in Pomerania
• Toruń / Thorn: fortress in West Prussia
  • Fort IV of Thorn Fortress
• different places, fortress front Oder-Warthe-Bogen , the so-called Ostwall in East Brandenburg (Poland)
• Wrocław / Breslau, former fortress city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, remains of bastions at Partisan Height and Polish Height have been preserved

Russia

• Baltijsk / Pillau: fortress Pillau ( Fort Stiehle ) in East Prussia
• Kaliningrad / Königsberg: Königsberg fortress in East Prussia , former fortress town with citadel, 32 roundels and fort ring from the 19th century.
  • Groß Friedrichsburg Fortress (Königsberg) , Citadel of Königsberg
• Kutusowo / Schirwindt, former German fortification in Schirwindt in East Prussia, probably a fort, current condition unclear, Russian military training area
• Sowetsk / Tilsit in East Prussia, Tilsit Ordensburg , formerly bastioned castle

Fortifications in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918)

• Diedenhofen : Fortress in the realm of Alsace-Lorraine (Thionville, France)
• Metz : Metz fortress in Alsace-Lorraine (Metz, France)
• Mützig : Festivals of Kaiser Wilhelm II (French: Fort de Mutzig, Position de Mutzig ) in Alsace-Lorraine (Mutzig, France)
• Strasbourg : Large fortress in Alsace-Lorraine (Strasbourg, France)

Other fortresses

• Luxembourg : Federal Fortress (Luxembourg)
• Sonderborg : Fortress in North Schleswig (Sønderborg, Denmark)

See also

• List of fortresses
• Federal fortress
• List of fortresses besieged in the Great Northern War
• List of sieges
• General Ernst Ludwig von Aster`s (1778–1855) importance for the German fortress construction in the 19th century.
• Fortress builder Gerhart Evert Pilooth (? -1629)
• Fortress builder Georg Rimpler (1636–1683)
• Fortress builder Alessandro Pasqualini (1493–1559)
• Fortress builder Rochus Graf zu Lynar (1525–1596)
• Fortress builder Caspar Voigt von Wierandt (? -1560)
• Fortress builder Johan van Rijswijck (around 1550–1612)
• Fortress builder Johann Baptist Ferolski (? -1751)
• Fortress builder Johann Maximilian von Welsch (1671–1745)
• Fortress builder Georg Friedrich Dinglinger (1702–1785)
• Fortress builder Gerhard Cornelius von Walrave (1692–1773)
• Fortress builder Bertram von Zündorf (16th century)
• Fortress builder Daniel Specklin (1536–1589)

Bibliography

• Michael Losse: Fortresses in Germany (Imhof cultural history). Imhof Verlag 2008, ISBN 3-86568-155-7 .
• Neumann, Hans-Rudolf (Ed.): Historical fortresses in the Middle East of the Federal Republic of Germany ; Stuttgart IRB Fraunhofer Information Center 2000, ISBN 3-8167-4726-4 .
• Neumann, Hans-Rudolf (Hrsg.): Historical fortresses in the southwest of the Federal Republic of Germany ; Stuttgart IRB Fraunhofer Information Center 1995, ISBN 3-8167-4102-9 .
• Ulrich Schütte: "The castle as a fortification, fortified castle buildings of the early modern era", Scientific Book Society Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-534-11692-5 .

Web links

• German Society for Fortress Research
• INTERFEST e. V.

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