Turkenschanze
Türkenschanze are called fortifications that go back to the Turkish Wars. In Austria they were erected far behind the fronts against marauding cavalry troops of the Ottoman army (Turkish invasions) . The earth entrenchments were partly secured with palisades and trenches, and with chartaks , simple defensive towers taken over from the Ottomans. After the great victories of Prince Eugene , the military border in the Croatian-southern Hungarian region was created, which finally protected Austria-Hungary against Ottoman incursions.
An exception is the Wiener Türkenschanze (formerly Hohe Warte), it may go back to the First Turkish Siege (1529), but it got its name in particular from the Second Turkish Siege (1683) and was built by the Ottoman siege army.
Examples:
- Kuruzzenschanze between Petronell and Neusiedl am See - erected against the Hungarian rebels in the Kuruzzi Wars around 1705, is part of a comprehensive line of defense that should extend from the Marchfeld to the Murinsel . The Wiener Linienwall also belonged to it .
- near Zwerndorf near Weiden an der March , Lower Austria - part of the Kuruzzenschanze
- south of Stillfried , Lower Austria - part of the Kuruzzenschanze
- Türkenschanze near Dedenitz in Southeast Styria
- am Pfaffensattel , Styria (Fischbacher Alps)
- am Alpl , Styria (Fischbacher Alps)
- am Schanzsattel , Styria (Fischbacher Alpen) - takes its name from this
- Türkenschanze in the Kreuttal Forest near Kreuttal , Lower Austria
- Türkenschanze near Gruisla (municipality of Klöch ) in southeast Styria
- Türkenschanze Heitzing , fortified hilltop settlement near Karlstetten near Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria
- Türkenschanze Hausenbach , fortified hilltop settlement near Karlstetten near Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria
- Türkenschanze near Allhartsberg not far from Amstetten, Lower Austria
- Türkenschanzen in Eisenkappel , Carinthia - 15th century
- Weir system of the former Hüttenstein Castle on the Scharflinger Höhe between Mondsee and Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria – Salzburg border
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. the term Schwedenschanze from the Thirty Years War and Franzosenschanze from the Napoleonic Wars.
- ↑ Türkenschanze near Dedenitz
- ↑ Türkenschanze in the Kreuttaler Forest
- ↑ Türkenschanze near Gruisla
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