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Landau Fortress

Landau Fortress

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Landau Fortress

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Location: Südpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Vineyard Path Near Kleine Kalmit – Most Beautiful Wine View Palatinate 2020 loop from Landau (Pfalz) Hbf

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2. Vauban Lock on the Queich – Altes Kaufhaus Landau loop from Landau (Pfalz) Hbf

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3. Old Department Store Landau – Vauban Lock on the Queich loop from Landau (Pfalz) West

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Andi

August 23, 2021

The Landau Fortress was a polygonal fortress type in Landau in the Palatinate. The construction work took place between 1688 and 1691. In 1871 the completely outdated fortress was razed after it was downgraded to a depot in 1867. Almost all the systems that are below street level have been preserved. A number of military and residential buildings are still visible today in the city, the lock systems and walls along the rivers, fortifications in parks, including the largest single system, the walls of the fort built in 1702 (with a total wall length of 3.3 km).
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festung_Landau

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January 15, 2024

Very large, almost completely preserved complex

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Veronika 2020

March 6, 2024

The facility is worth a visit

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October 20, 2025

Landau Fortress was a polygonal fortress in Landau in the Palatinate region of Germany. Construction work took place between 1688 and 1691. In 1871, the completely outdated fortress was demolished, having been downgraded to a depot in 1867. Almost all of the structures below street level have survived. Still visible today are several military buildings and many residential buildings in the city, the lock systems and walls along the rivers, and fortifications in parks, including the largest single structure, the walls of the fort built in 1702 (with a wall length of 3.3 km).
After the Thirty Years' War, the Imperial City of Landau was placed under French protection by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. After the end of the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1697, the town, along with ten other Alsatian imperial cities, was legally awarded to France in the Treaty of Rijswijk in 1697.

France had already destroyed Landau's medieval city fortifications in 1673/4. With the Peace of Nijmegen, Landau became part of France and, with the simultaneous loss of the Philippsburg fortress on the right bank of the Rhine (1679), became its easternmost outpost, receiving a permanent French garrison in 1680. In September 1687, the fortress builder Vauban arrived in Landau to develop a fortification project. He submitted this to King Louis XIV on October 9, who approved it in November. Construction began on the 7 km long Albersweiler Canal that same year, allowing for the rapid transport of building materials such as timber, lime, and stone by barge. The foundation stone was laid at the end of April 1688 in the presence of the Minister of War, the Marquis de Louvois. Vauban initially oversaw construction, but handed it over to Jacques de Tarade in 1689.

With the help of sixteen royal battalions under the command of General Montclar and approximately 14,000 construction workers (more recent studies cite a significantly smaller number) from the surrounding area, the fortification was built in the second Vauban style.

On the night of June 23-24, 1689, a devastating fire destroyed most of the settlement and provided an opportunity to restructure the garrison town in a contemporary manner. This resulted in the creation of straight, wide streets and squares for troop deployments.

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