Riding snail

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The snail in Munot
The entrance (from the inside) to the Reitschnecke in Munot with cobblestone paving

A Reitschnecke , in Switzerland and Alemannisch Schnegge , also Reitspindel , is a special form of the riding stairs in the form of a spiral staircase without stairs . Usually snails are found in fortresses , barbican or roundels . They were used to pull heavy artillery up onto the defense plate or directly for riding . If there are stairs at a low height and / or large distance, it is also referred to as a ramp or stair ramp or spiral ramp.

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  1. ↑ Reinhard Frauenfelder: The canton of Schaffhausen. (Excluding the city of Schaffhausen and the Stein district) (= The art monuments of Switzerland . Vol. 43 = The art monuments of the Canton of Schaffhausen. Vol. 3). Birkhäuser, Basel 1960, p. 108.
  2. ↑ Stephanie Silligmann: The polychrome sandstone portal in the bottle tower of Hartenfels Castle in Torgau in Saxony: An exemplary study of the polychrome building sculpture of the Renaissance and its preservation problems . University of Applied Science and Art, Hildesheim / Holzminden / Göttingen University of Applied Sciences, Conservation and Restoration Department, specialization in the conservation and restoration of stone objects. Master's thesis, 2007 PDF p. 14 f.