List of cities with city walls

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This list of cities with city walls provides an overview of places and cities that have either a complete historical city ​​wall or a significant part of it that has been preserved .

Germany

Bautzen , city wall with castle water tower and mill bastion
City wall Feuchtwangen with overbuilding, NE-side
Rest of the city wall in Hildesheim at the Kehrwiederturm
Jena , city wall between Johannisturm and Powder Tower
Kaub with house from 1552 on the city wall
City wall with Gereonsmühle in Cologne
Nabburg , city wall
Isartor from Isartorplatz (2004, still without a tower clock from November 4, 2005)
Neumarkt : city wall with powder tower
City wall of the fortress Orsoy (Stadt Rheinberg )
Röttingen city ​​wall with snail tower
Schweinfurt , city wall at the former Zurich castle district
Soest , in the graves with city wall and tower
Sömmerda , city wall
City wall with half-shell tower in Wernigerode
City wall with powder tower in Zwickau
City wall with battlements in Delitzsch

Baden-Württemberg

  • Aach (mostly preserved)
  • Bad Wimpfen (Bad Wimpfen am Berg district, partially preserved)
  • Baden-Baden (Steinbach district, a large part of the 13th century ring wall has been preserved)
  • Biberach an der Riss (partially)
  • Esslingen am Neckar (upstream fortification known as "castle", also small remains as outer walls of houses and three gate towers)
  • Ettlingen (smaller parts and a tower (Lauerturm) preserved)
  • Gengenbach (Schwedenturm, Obertor, Kinzigtor and Niggelturm)
  • Gernsbach (Larger parts and two towers have been preserved. On the one hand, the stork tower and the current steeple of the Catholic Church of Our Lady. In the area of ​​Hauptstrasse 6, after a building was demolished, another section of approx. 40 meters in length came to light Old town a green area.)
  • Herrenberg (13th century; 1126 m, about 620 m preserved (restored); with battlements and loopholes, simple wall on the mountain (completely preserved), in the plain additional ditch, kennel, cannon rondelle (only simple wall in parts preserved; 3 Main gates (not preserved) as double gates with drawbridge and tower, 2 side gates as tower (1 preserved); 3 towers (not preserved)))
  • Isny im Allgäu (large parts preserved)
  • Constance (remnants of the city wall can still be seen on the lower arbor, at the Schnetztor and along Bodanstrasse)
  • Kuppenheim (partially preserved)
  • Ladenburg (partially preserved)
  • Lauffen am Neckar
  • Marbach am Neckar (mostly preserved, including the mighty gate tower)
  • Markdorf (small parts preserved, two gates, one tower)
  • Meersburg (Lower City Gate, Upper Gate)
  • Möckmühl (large parts preserved and restored)
  • Murrhardt (partially preserved)
  • Nürtingen (large parts preserved)
  • Pfersbach ( Mutlangen ) (today nothing to be seen, south of Pfersbach was a tower. Probably a gate tower. It is highly probable that a wall ran around this tower, which of course also ran around Pfersbach)
  • Pfullendorf (few parts preserved, one gate, two towers)
  • Radolfzell on Lake Constance (few parts preserved, three towers)
  • Ravensburg (wall partially, towers and gates almost completely preserved)
  • Reutlingen (small parts preserved, two gates, three towers)
  • Riedlingen (larger parts preserved, three towers)
  • Rottweil (larger parts preserved, a gate, a tower)
  • Schorndorf (partially preserved)
  • Schwäbisch Gmünd (6 of the original 24 towers are completely preserved, the city wall partially from 1350, the Rinderbach gate tower is a witness of the Schmalkaldic War in 1546)
  • Schwäbisch Hall (The outer city wall has been preserved in sections at the Schiedgraben / Zwinger with Langenfelder (vulgo Crailsheimer) gate, at Langengraben, west of Gelbinger Gasse with Josenturm and overbuilt mill bulwark, to the north and west of the hamlet of Vorstadt with hamlet gate, at Hirschgraben it has been partially restored. Some other outer towers have been preserved, others built over, the powder tower is ruinous. A built over core city wall remains at Am Säumarkt. Of the weaker inner fortification line against the river Kocher that crosses the city, on the right is the Mühlgrabenmauer, the Sulfertor, the Haalmauer, the Diebsturm; on the left the Rotesteg Tower, the the wall supporting the high bank on Mauerstraße was preserved.)
  • Tauberbischofsheim (partially preserved)
  • Überlingen (large parts preserved)
  • Ulm (preserved on the Danube side)
  • Vellberg (completely preserved)
  • Villingen-Schwenningen (Villingen district, partially preserved)
  • Wangen im Allgäu (partially)
  • Waiblingen (larger parts preserved, a gate, a tower)
  • Because of the city (larger parts received)
  • Weinheim (partially preserved)
  • Weinsberg (partially preserved)

Bavaria

Berlin

Brandenburg

  • Altlandsberg (largely preserved stone wall with Berlin and Strausberg gate towers )
  • Angermünde (parts of the south and east preserved, powder tower, former castle complex in the northwest corner included)
  • Beeskow (almost complete, mostly original parts)
  • Bernau near Berlin (large parts of the field and brick wall preserved, soft houses, stone gate, hunger tower, powder tower)
  • Brandenburg an der Havel , see: Brandenburg city wall
  • Cottbus (partially)
  • Dahme / Mark (large parts of the wall made of field and lawn iron stone have been preserved, bird tower next to the former Jüterboger Tor)
  • Fürstenwerder (large parts of the field stone wall with soft houses and the Woldegker and Berliner Tor have been preserved)
  • Gartz (Oder) (remains in the north and west of the former town center have been preserved, three watchtowers, Stettiner Tor)
  • Gransee (large parts preserved, Ruppiner gate tower, powder tower, numerous soft houses)
  • Jüterbog , see: Jüterbog city fortifications
  • Kyritz (remains of the brick wall in the east and south have been preserved)
  • Lübben (Spreewald) (remains of the brick wall in the south and west preserved, soft house with decoration, round tower)
  • Luckau (large parts preserved)
  • Lychen (field stone wall preserved in the area of ​​the former city gates)
  • Müncheberg (almost completely preserved stone wall with towers and soft houses, Berlin and Küstriner gate tower)
  • Neuruppin (mostly preserved, partly medieval city fortifications, partly excise wall from later times)
  • Prenzlau (large parts preserved)
  • Strausberg (partially)
  • Templin (with the exception of a few openings completely preserved, soft houses, towers, three representative city gates)
  • Wittstock / Dosse (preserved almost closed, field and brick wall with soft houses, remains of the Gröper Tor in the north)

Hesse

  • Alsfeld (small remains, prisoner's tower has been preserved)
  • Amöneburg (almost completely preserved except for the gates)
  • Bad Camberg (partly, 2 gate towers )
  • Bad Sooden-Allendorf
  • Bad Wildungen (mostly preserved, 2 defense towers)
  • Büdingen (almost completely)
  • Butzbach (partially)
  • Darmstadt (partially)
  • Dreieichenhain (City of Dreieich ) (mostly preserved)
  • Eschwege (partially preserved)
  • Frankfurt am Main ( Frankfurt city fortifications , Staufen wall , partially)
  • Frankfurt-Höchst ( Main Front , partially)
  • Fritzlar (mostly preserved, with towers; city gate fortifications broken off)
  • Fulda (partially preserved, three city gates: Paulustor (near the cathedral), Heertor (near the bus station), Peterstor (near the Old University). Four city wall towers: Hexenturm (near the cathedral), Pulverturm (Königstrasse in the old town) , Bierturm (near the “Altstadt” car park), Spillingsturm (in the courtyard of the Sparkasse “Rabanusstraße”). Parts of the city wall: in the vicinity of the cathedral, at the “Altstadt” car park, at the old university and around the bus station) and five watchtowers outside the city wall : Lüdermünderturm ( Lüdermünd ), Edelsturm ( Kämmerzell ), Rauschenbergturm ( Petersberg ), Dicker Turm ( Künzell / Pilgerzell ), Eichenzellerturm ( Eichenzell ).
  • Hanau : Small remains of the former Hanau fortress have been preserved, including short sections of the old town fortifications, the fortification of the new town was already razed in Napoleonic times, of which the Nürnberger Tor (remainder, relocated), Frankfurter Tor is still preserved.
  • Gelnhausen (three quarters of the outer wall ring with 4 city gates and 3 towers preserved, the rest of the inner wall ring can be seen in the cityscape)
  • Hirschhorn (Neckar) (remains with a city gate preserved)
  • Homberg (Efze) (almost completely)
  • Korbach (completely preserved double wall ring with towers and gates)
  • Lich (larger parts of the city wall, several towers)
  • Maintal ( Hochstadt district : city wall from the 14th century largely preserved)
  • Wanfried (small remains)
  • Wehrheim (remains)
  • Wetter (Hessen) (larger parts especially in the south and north-west, 2 towers)
  • Wetzlar (partially preserved)
  • Wiesbaden (Heidenmauer, 80 meters preserved)
  • Zwingenberg / Bergstrasse (easy to see in the city park area, individual wall sections and the Aulturm tower in the upper town area.)

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Lower Saxony

  • Braunschweig (only a few meters from the 15th century)
  • Buxtehude (parts preserved, including a completely preserved kennel, surrounding city moat)
  • Dassel (parts preserved)
  • Duderstadt (large parts preserved, one city gate ( Westerturm ) completely preserved)
  • Einbeck (about a third preserved, including several towers)
  • Goslar (most of the large defense towers, the Breite Tor and about a hundred meters of the wall still exist)
  • Hann. Münden (parts preserved)
  • Hardegsen (parts preserved, including a tower)
  • Helmstedt (parts with upstream ramparts preserved, a city gate (Hausmannsturm) and three towers preserved)
  • Hildesheim (large parts preserved, one tower completely preserved, three towers partially preserved)
  • Northeim (parts preserved)
  • Osnabrück (parts, especially some towers / gates preserved)
  • Osterode am Harz (large parts preserved)
  • Stadtoldendorf (parts preserved)
  • Uelzen (parts preserved)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Saxony

  • Adorf / Vogtl. (preserved in the area of ​​Johannisstraße with two tower ruins and the Freiberger Tor)
  • Annaberg-Buchholz (partially)
  • Bautzen (mostly preserved)
  • Borna (remains preserved (approx. 50 m at Sachsenallee corner Teichstraße) and a city gate, the Reichstor)
  • Delitzsch (almost completely preserved, with two waiting towers and powder tower foundations in the kennel area)
  • Dresden (partially converted, preserved; Zwinger , Brühlsche Terrasse )
  • Freiberg (four larger sections with some tower ruins have been preserved, around a third of the wall still exists)
  • Görlitz (large parts have been preserved, including the kennel and ox bastion )
  • Grimma (large parts of the banks of the Mulde have been preserved, the wall houses are a specialty)
  • Kamenz (partially)
  • Löbau (small remains)
  • Marienberg (remains at Zschopauer Tor)
  • Meißen (preserved in parts with defense towers (including the penitence tower))
  • Mittweida (few remains preserved)
  • Oschatz (parts well preserved with two defensive towers, one from 1377)
  • Pegau (partially)
  • Pirna (remains preserved, including Grohmannstraße, Am Zwinger, terrace gardens)
  • Plauen (parts preserved between Johanniskirche and Malzhaus and Nonnenturm)
  • Reichenbach im Vogtland (approx. 50 m on Sebastian-Bach-Platz preserved, 15th century, partially reconstructed)
  • Roßwein (partially)
  • Torgau (partially)
  • Zittau (preserved in parts)
  • Zwickau (remains of the city wall with powder tower )

Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringia

Austria

List of cities with city walls (Austria)
Eisenstadt
Eisenstadt
Stadtschlaining
Stadtschlaining
Friesach
Friesach
Bruck / Leitha
Bruck / Leitha
Drosendorf
Drosendorf
Dürnstein
Dürnstein
Eggenburg
Eggenburg
Groß-Enzersdorf
Groß-Enzersdorf
Hainburg / Danube
Hainburg / Danube
horn
horn
Laa / Thaya
Laa / Thaya
Retz
Retz
Weitra
Weitra
Zistersdorf
Zistersdorf
Zwettl
Zwettl
Enns
Enns
Free City
Free City
Haslach / Mühl
Haslach / Mühl
Schärding
Schärding
catfish
catfish
Radstadt
Radstadt
Bad Radkersburg
Bad Radkersburg
Fürstenfeld
Fürstenfeld
Graz
Graz
Hartberg
Hartberg
Oberwölz city
Oberwölz city
Schladming
Schladming
Kufstein
Kufstein
Bludenz
Bludenz
Location of Austrian cities with city walls


Switzerland

Luxembourg

France

  • Alsace
    • Bergheim , Alsace region (almost completely preserved, double city wall with kennel)
    • Neuf-Brisach , Alsace region (completely preserved, octagonal floor plan)
    • Obernai ( Oberehnheim ), Alsace region (partially preserved)
    • Riquewihr ( Reichenweiher ), Alsace region (mostly preserved)
    • Strasbourg , Alsace region (no city wall, but three towers of the covered bridge ( Ponts couverts ))
    • Wissembourg ( Weißenburg ), Alsace region (almost completely preserved)
  • rest of France
    • Aigues-Mortes , Languedoc-Roussillon region (completely preserved)
    • Avignon , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (mostly preserved)
    • Carcassonne , Languedoc-Roussillon region (completely preserved, partially reconstructed)
    • Courthézon , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (largely preserved)
    • Cucuron , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region (partially preserved)
    • Fougères , Brittany region (mostly preserved)
    • Laon , Picardy region (mostly preserved)
    • Provins , Île-de-France region (almost completely preserved)
    • Saint-Malo , Brittany region (fully preserved)

More Europe

Belgium
Estonia
Greece
Great Britain
Italy
  • Cittadella , Province of Padua (almost completely preserved)
  • Ferrara , Province of Ferrara (almost completely preserved)
  • Glurns , South Tyrol (completely preserved)
  • Lucca , Tuscany region (almost completely preserved Renaissance fortifications)
  • Montagnana , Province of Padua (completely preserved)
  • Monteriggioni , Tuscany region (completely preserved)
  • Padua , Veneto region (almost completely preserved)
  • Palmanova , Veneto region (completely preserved, nine-cornered floor plan)
  • Sabbioneta , Lombardy Region (fully preserved)
  • Treviso , Veneto region (almost completely preserved)
Latvia
Netherlands
  • Bourtange , Province of Groningen (completely preserved, pentagonal star-shaped floor plan)
Poland
  • Moryń (stone wall with soft houses almost completely preserved)
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Spain
  • Ávila (completely preserved)
  • Granada , Region of Andalusia
  • Toledo , Castile-La Mancha region
  • Niebla (completely preserved)
Slovakia
  • Bardejov , Prešovsky kraj (complete, UNESCO World Heritage)
Rest of Europe

City fortifications outside of Europe

Africa

Asia

North America

See also

Web links

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