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Dernbach Bastion (St. Petri Works), Forchheim

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Dernbach Bastion (St. Petri Works), Forchheim

Dernbach Bastion (St. Petri Works), Forchheim

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    August 18, 2025

    About a third of Forchheim's original fortifications are still preserved. Most of them are integrated into the city's green spaces.

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      June 24, 2023

      After the Markgräfler war in 1552, Forchheim was expanded into a fortress. The fortifications were partially renewed and modernized after the Thirty Years' War. The bastion fortification consists of sloped walls made of sandstone hump ashlars.

      1675 (designated “1664”), between Bamberger Strasse and Friedensstrasse, accessible from the inside by circular walkways;

      Coat of arms of Prince Bishop Peter Philipp von Dernbach

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