Abensberg city fortifications
The city fortifications in Abensberg , a city in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim , were built from the second half of the 13th century. The remains of the former city fortifications are protected as an architectural monument.
description
The curtain wall was built in the second half of the 14th century. The city fortifications are said to have had 32 towers. The city fortifications were connected to the castle fortifications in the southeast corner of the city, where the outer fortification walls and flanking towers date back to the 13th century. Artificial moats and ponds are located in front of the city fortifications or the Abens river was used on the south side. The Regensburg Gate is on the east side .
Remains of the city fortifications
See also: List of architectural monuments in Abensberg
- Am Stadtgraben 8: Remains of the city wall and of fortification towers, mostly shell towers, 13th / 14th centuries. century
- Aventinusplatz 6: remainder of the city wall, partly built, with rebuilt round tower, 13th / 14th century
- Baderstrasse 2 to 10: parts of the city wall and three fortification towers
- Baderstraße 12: Remaining parts of the city wall
- Baderstraße 14: Remaining parts of the city wall
- Graf-Niclas-Straße 1: Parts of the city wall and the remains of a fortification tower
- Mahlergasse 7: rest of the city wall
- Theoderichstraße 7: Remnants of the city wall and the remains of a shell tower
- Von-Hazzi-Straße 2 to 36 (even numbers): remains of the city wall and remains of shell towers
- Weinbergerstrasse 14a: Regensburg Gate
literature
- Georg Paula , Volker Liedke, Michael M. Rind : District of Kelheim (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume II.30 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7954-0009-0 .
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria II - Lower Bavaria . Modifications made by Michael Brix. Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2nd revised and supplemented edition, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03122-7 , p. 6.
