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Franconian Switzerland

Zwingerbastion Forchheim

Franconian Switzerland

Zwingerbastion Forchheim

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Zwingerbastion Forchheim

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Location: Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Forchheim Old Town – Rathausplatz Forchheim loop from Forchheim

5.31km

01:21

10m

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2. Town Hall Square Forchheim – Kaiserpfalz Forchheim loop from Forchheim

8.41km

02:08

20m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Forchheim City Park – Town Hall Square Forchheim loop from Forchheim

8.17km

02:04

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Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Witwe Bolte

September 18, 2018

Part of the surviving Baroque fortification of Forchheim is the Zwinger Bastion (built in 1657 - after the Thirty Years' War) with a wall from the Bastion of the Saltorturm to the rest of the northern moated castle (protection of the Wiesentkanal exit).
A small hint, no one knows that, as I can remember from my childhood: In the context of the construction of the RMD-channel - the dammed in Forchheimer area as running water of the Regnitz and Wiesent - the groundwater level rose sharply. At that time, this required a backfilling of the upstream ditches by several meters (4 m?). Of course, this was a lot more powerful in terms of fastening technology. The fortress ditches used to be flooded over the Wiesent canals in times of threat.

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December 26, 2020

Imposing fortifications of the city

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🔮 Roland

November 14, 2018

Part of the old city wall of Forchheim

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Zwingerbastion Forchheim

1. Forchheim Old Town – Rathausplatz Forchheim loop from Forchheim

2. Town Hall Square Forchheim – Kaiserpfalz Forchheim loop from Forchheim

3. Forchheim City Park – Town Hall Square Forchheim loop from Forchheim

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