Palanke

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Palanke (from French palanque "Pfahlwerk" / trans .: entrenchment through-; ung. Palánk "block house") referred to a small permanent fortification through trenches, ramparts and palisades during the Turkish Wars . With the Ottomans it often referred to all fortified smaller towns, market towns, fortified villages and castles.

The name of several places in Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia testifies to the former spread of this type of fortress in the Balkans ( Brza Palanka , Banatska Palanka , Bačka Palanka , Smederevska Palanka , Bela Palanka , Kriva Palanka ).

As a result of the further development of artillery at the end of the 19th century and especially after the introduction of the explosive shell, Palanken became obsolete as a fortress type.

See also

literature

  • Richard F. Kreutel (ed.): Ottoman historians . Graz Vienna Cologne 1955–1981.
  • Walter Sturminger (ed.): The Turks before Vienna in eyewitness reports . Düsseldorf 1968.
  • Dragoljub Pavlović: "Palanka". In: Vojna Enciklopedija. Beograd 1973.