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Saxon Landwehr near Gompertshausen

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Saxon Landwehr near Gompertshausen

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    September 1, 2024

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    The Saxon Landwehr and the neighboring Henneberg Landwehr are former defense structures between the Electorate of Saxony, Henneberg and Würzburg possessions. Their remains (ramparts and ditches) can be found today in the area south of the Thuringian Forest, the Saxon Landwehr entirely in the Hildburghausen district in the south of Thuringia.

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    September 1, 2024

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    The construction of the continuous landwehr began after 1440, about 70 years after the Coburg care and with it the border regions of Heldburger Land, Hildburghausen and Eisfelder Land had passed from Henneberg to Saxon ownership. At this time, the "local lands in Franconia" had developed into a remote but significant focal point of the interests of the hereditary lines of the electoral family and important noble families in the growing Electorate of Saxony.

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    The Saxon Landwehr was built on the territory of the Electorate of Saxony and consisted of various combinations of ramparts, ditches and a so-called hedge, which was understood to be …
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