City castle

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Example of a city castle: Former fortification of Weißenstein with the castle in the west

A town castle is a castle that is in a medieval is city and / or into their weir systems are integrated.

Most of the time, the city has settled around or on the castle complex (for example in Halle , Braunschweig , Prague ), or the castle was built to further strengthen the defenses within or in the course of the fortification ring, such as in Erfurt .

Furthermore, the city castle can also be seen as an instrument of power for sovereignty against the cities that were increasingly striving for independence in the late Middle Ages. The city castles were always strategically integrated into the city ​​wall in such a way that the sovereign can move into his castle unhindered by the citizens of the city from the field side and through a further gate in the inner castle wall that is separated from the city Castle from could enter.

Examples of city castles can be found in:

• Andernach in Rhineland-Palatinate with the example of its electoral Cologne city ​​castle (designed as a moated castle ) as an instrument of power,
• Erfurt with the Petersberg Citadel , which is integrated into the protection system of the former fortress city,
• Esslingen am Neckar (the original outpost on the Schönenberg was gradually incorporated into the city fortifications by side walls. Due to the geological conditions, it represents an example of great effort),
• Feuchtwangen (still has the clear integration of the so-called Öttingischer Schlösschen (former moated castle) in the remains of the city wall as a cantilever in the otherwise round city wall, later the Jagstheimische Schlösschen was built in the area ),
• Friedberg in Hessen with a central Reichsburg ,
• Horn-Bad Meinberg in North Rhine-Westphalia with Horn Castle , a castle included in the city fortifications,
• Krems in Lower Austria (has the Gozzoburg, a high medieval town castle),
• Nuremberg (the double castle is integrated into the city ​​wall )
• Schlitz in Hessen, one of the most famous examples of city castles in Germany with four castles,
• Warburg with Wartberch Castle ,
• Weißenstein with the former castle Weissenstein Castle (Württemberg) .