05-09-2021, 04:09 PM
From the history book.
p. 24: despite their usefulness, only within certain cultural areas.
within certain cultural areas: The swallow-tail pinnacle (Fig. 2) is unknown in the
in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.88 Maschikuli are also found only in the southern
only in the southern valleys of the Alps and in the Savoyard area of influence.89
89 Also the high, quite narrow, at the lower end broadened
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arched embrasure is found on Swiss soil only at castles in the Welschland region.90
90 The massive gate tower with a vaulted passageway, as it was still
Western Europe before 1100, can only be found in a few isolated cases in Switzerland.
Switzerland only very sporadically.91 For the shield wall, built in the course of the
from older predecessors in the course of the 13th century, there are only
only from the German-speaking and Rhaeto-Romanic regions.92 Traverses
examples exist.92 Traverses, i.e., barrier walls that prevent access over a rocky
rocky slopes, are naturally only found in the mountainous zones.93
mountainous zones.93
For the generally common achievements of high medieval
European fortified architecture, for the embrasures and observation embrasures, for the
flanking towers with a square or round ground plan, for the battlements with a battlement
battlements or battlement slabs, for the gate fortifications with kennels,
intermediate ditches and wolf pits and, of course, for the projecting defensive elements
the projecting defensive elements, the gusserker and arcades, must be
from all over Switzerland.94 Of course, the sparse and only selective use of this architectural
and only selective use of this architectural arsenal cannot be overlooked.
which can certainly be traced back to the character of our castle landscapes
which in all parts of the country is characterized by small castles with limited architectural
limited possibilities for architectural development.
Since castle building began to stagnate in the 14th century in the whole of Switzerland and the
stagnate and the great death of the castles begins, the fortification innovations of the
the fortification innovations of the late Middle Ages, the fortification responses to the changes in warfare, in particular to the emergence of firearms.
to the emergence of firearms, were reflected in structural measures only to a limited extent and
in structural measures. Most of the changes
were concentrated on the erection of fortifications with advanced outer gates, which were
gates, which would provide the momentum for a storm attack.
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p. 24: despite their usefulness, only within certain cultural areas.
within certain cultural areas: The swallow-tail pinnacle (Fig. 2) is unknown in the
in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.88 Maschikuli are also found only in the southern
only in the southern valleys of the Alps and in the Savoyard area of influence.89
89 Also the high, quite narrow, at the lower end broadened
- 22 -
arched embrasure is found on Swiss soil only at castles in the Welschland region.90
90 The massive gate tower with a vaulted passageway, as it was still
Western Europe before 1100, can only be found in a few isolated cases in Switzerland.
Switzerland only very sporadically.91 For the shield wall, built in the course of the
from older predecessors in the course of the 13th century, there are only
only from the German-speaking and Rhaeto-Romanic regions.92 Traverses
examples exist.92 Traverses, i.e., barrier walls that prevent access over a rocky
rocky slopes, are naturally only found in the mountainous zones.93
mountainous zones.93
For the generally common achievements of high medieval
European fortified architecture, for the embrasures and observation embrasures, for the
flanking towers with a square or round ground plan, for the battlements with a battlement
battlements or battlement slabs, for the gate fortifications with kennels,
intermediate ditches and wolf pits and, of course, for the projecting defensive elements
the projecting defensive elements, the gusserker and arcades, must be
from all over Switzerland.94 Of course, the sparse and only selective use of this architectural
and only selective use of this architectural arsenal cannot be overlooked.
which can certainly be traced back to the character of our castle landscapes
which in all parts of the country is characterized by small castles with limited architectural
limited possibilities for architectural development.
Since castle building began to stagnate in the 14th century in the whole of Switzerland and the
stagnate and the great death of the castles begins, the fortification innovations of the
the fortification innovations of the late Middle Ages, the fortification responses to the changes in warfare, in particular to the emergence of firearms.
to the emergence of firearms, were reflected in structural measures only to a limited extent and
in structural measures. Most of the changes
were concentrated on the erection of fortifications with advanced outer gates, which were
gates, which would provide the momentum for a storm attack.
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