City walls of Nuremberg
Walls of Nürnberg | |
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| Stadtmauer Nürnberg | |
| Part of Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | |
| Nuremberg, Germany | |
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  Walls of Nürnberg | |
| Coordinates | 49°27′27.72″N 11°5′17.88″E / 49.4577000°N 11.0883000°E |
| Type | City walls |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Nuremberg |
| Condition | Intact |
| Site history | |
| Built | 11th Century - 16th Century |
| In use | 11th Century - 1940's |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Nuremberg (1945) |
The city walls of old city Nürnberg, in modern day Nuremberg, are the defensive mechanism surrounding the city of Nuremberg, Germany. Construction started in the 12th Century and ended officially in the 16th Century, and they run for 5 kilometers (about 4 kilometers still standing) around the old town. The Nuremberg Castle together with the city wall is meant to be one of Europes most considerable medieval weir systems.[1]
Notes and references
- ↑ Günther P. Fehring, Anton Ress: Die Stadt Nürnberg. 2. Auflage bearbeitet von Wilhelm Schwemmer. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, ISBN 3-422-00550-1, S. 152ff.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to City walls of Nuremberg. |
- commons:Stadtmauer Nürnberg Coding and pictures of wall towers and gates.
- baukunst-nuernberg Map and photographs (German only)
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Coordinates: 49°27′27.72″N 11°5′17.88″E / 49.4577000°N 11.0883000°E
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