Fortifications in Germany

city gate of Trier

two-towered city gate in Lübeck, Germany, used as a museum

fortified air defense towers used by Nazi Germany

thumb|The Nordertor in winter The Nordertor () is an old town gate in Flensburg, Germany, which was built around 1595. Today the landmark is used as a symbol for Flensburg.

German fortress

A burgward or castellany was a form of settlement used for the organisation of the northeastern marches of the Kingdom of Germany in the mid-10th century. Based on earlier organisations within the Frankish Empire and among the Slavs, the burgwards were composed of a central fortification (a burg) with a number of smaller, undefended villages, perhaps ten to twenty (the ward), dependent on it for protection and upon which it was dependent economically. The fortified site served as a place of refuge during attack and also as an administrative centre for tax collection, the Church, and the court

was built in 1385, is the guard tower with seven small turrets and was the western gate of Ingolstadt Fortress

city gate in Cochem, Germany