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    between a bergfried and a keep is that a bergfried was typically not designed for permanent habitation. The living quarters of a castle with a bergfried are...
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    concentric walls built in the 16th century and oval in shape, and the bergfried which is of Romanesque origin. Its character is still that of a fortress...
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    French soldiers finally destroyed the place. The surviving keep, or bergfried, was initially used as a prison, but was no longer fit for that purpose...
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    half of the 14th century, the still-extant five-sided 33 m (108 ft) high bergfried (similar to a keep) was built. A second castle tower is mentioned in 1346...
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    with its great perron on the park side, is a 19th-century addition. The bergfried is integrated as an element of the west wing into the main structure and...
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    inner courtyard, in the centre of which was a round Romanesque keep (bergfried), with an outside wall 4 m thick. Water was supplied to the castle by...
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    Bischofstein Castle (German: Burg Bischofstein) is a castle by the Moselle in Germany. It sits between Moselkern and Hatzenport; these and the castle face...
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    Romanesque 13th century Bergfried (keep), the Renaissance well house from 1603 and the Marienkirche (or St Mary's Church). The Bergfried was originally known...
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    work on Gräfenstein Castle. The central element of the site, with its bergfried and palas probably dates to the 12th century and thus goes back to the...
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    13th-century Otzberg, which comprises a circular bergfried on a hill above the village of the same name. The bergfried is surrounded by concentric, oval-shaped...
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    large towers are often the strongest point of the castle: the keep or the bergfried. As the gate is always a vulnerable point of a castle, towers may be built...
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    towers (architecture) List of tallest towers in the world Battery tower Bergfried Breaching tower Butter-churn tower Flanking tower Fortified tower Gate...
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    metre, square bergfried are vaulted. Access to the second floor is via a staircase in the wall. The building attached to the bergfried was built in 1989...
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    draft Castle view View from the Eastern bergfried Western bergfried and palas (residential building) Eastern bergfried seen from the inner ward Old Tilia Gärtner...
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    sources tend to lean towards a date about 50 years later. The pentagonal bergfried and the massive shield wall in particular point to a construction date...
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    presumably also the builders, were the counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. The bergfried (the keep, built in the 12th century) and parts of the eastern side are...
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    on a hilltop, or, on lower ground, a tall, free-standing tower (German Bergfried). The largest castles had well-defined inner and outer courts, but no...
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    modern. The Bergfried was a watchtower, a retreat for defense, and a prison tower. Along with the curtain wall and the neck ditch, the Bergfried formed the...
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    angstloch is usually located above the basement of a fighting tower or Bergfried. The description of these basement rooms as "dungeons" stems from the...
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    Right: the neo-Romanesque castle chapel The Münz and central bergfried The central bergfried from the east The watchtower (interior) The south side of the...
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    with the occasional notable exception, such as the large, residential Bergfried at Eltville Castle. Several designs for new castles emerged that made...
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    Leval clashed with Lieutenant-General Nikolay Kamensky's 14th Division at Bergfried (Berkweda) on the Alle (Łyna) River, which flows roughly northward in...
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    important and prestigious buildings, such as the great hall and the keep or bergfried, were usually located in the inner bailey of the castle, sometimes called...
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    The Alte Burg is a ruined spur castle that only comprises half a bergfried and is located in the Lower Saxon district of Osterode in the Harz Mountains...
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    1995 as the "Friends of Lichtenberg Castle" (200 members). In 1861 the bergfried, which had become a 15-metre-high (49 ft) ruin, collapsed and was demolished...
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    ward with the remains of a Late Romanesque hall or residence and the bergfried in the centre, which is partly made of brick and was built in 1200 and...
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    than as a residence for royal families. It has a striking example of a bergfried designed as a butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen...
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    was in the castle, also features paintings by Lucas Cranach.: 150  The Bergfried (donjon) was completed in 1859 and sits on the foundations of a medieval...
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    from Middle High German bercfrit, 'protecting shelter' (cf. the cognate bergfried), combining the Proto-Germanic bergen, 'to protect', or bergaz, 'mountain...
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    (1996). "Der Bergfried der Burg Mildenstein, Leisnig". Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten in Sachsen. 4. "Bergfried". Burg Mildenstein...
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