Marsh castle

Calvörde Castle, a marsh castle, depicted around 1600

A marsh or marshland castle (German: Sumpfburg) is a type of lowland castle that is situated in marshy or boggy countryside. It uses the natural inaccessibility of the terrain to its defensive advantage.

Examples of well-known marsh castles in Germany include:

Weferlingen Castle, a ruined castle in Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Oebisfelde Castle, the oldest surviving marsh castle in Germany, also situated in Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in Saxony-Anhalt.
Storkow Castle, in Storkow the state of Brandenburg.
Calvörde Castle, in Calvörde in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Fortifications

Ancient history

Post-classical history

Modern history

18th century and earlier	Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Counterscarp Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Entrenchment Flèche Gorge Hornwork Lunette Orillon Ostrog Outwork Place-of-arms Polygonal fort Presidio (Spanish America) Punji sticks Ravelin Redan Redoubt Retrenchment Sandbag Scarp Sconce Schanze Sea fort Station Star fort Tenaille

19th century	Barbed wire Barbette Border outpost Bunker Coastal artillery Gun turret Land battery Land mine Martello tower Outpost Trench warfare Sangar Wire obstacles

20th century	Admiralty scaffolding Air-raid shelter Barbed tape Blast pen Blast shelter Blast wall Border barrier Bremer wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Electric fence Fallout shelter Fire support base Flak tower Hardened aircraft shelter Hesco bastion Main Line of Resistance Revetment Sentry gun Spider hole Underground hangar

By topography

By role

By design

See also: Category

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