Location: Germany Bavaria Würzburg
Remains of the medieval town wall of Heidingsfeld, today a district of Würzburg – built from 1368, a listed monument.
Interesting facts
- Construction of the town wall began in 1368.
- The town gates were demolished in the second half of the 19th century.
Why visit
- Traces of the medieval town of Heidingsfeld
Heidingsfeld, today a district of Würzburg on the Main, had its own town fortifications. According to the monument description, they were built from 1368 and completed in the 15th century; they were altered in the 17th century.
The ramparts were levelled and the moats filled in even before the 19th century. In the second half of the 19th century the gates and some sections of wall were demolished. The surviving parts of the town wall are protected as a listed monument and recall the time when Heidingsfeld was an independent fortified town.
History
Built from 1368, completed in the 15th century, altered in the 17th century. Ramparts levelled and moats filled in before the 19th century, gates and some wall sections demolished in the second half of the 19th century.
Special features
Surviving sections of the medieval town wall of Heidingsfeld.
Map
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