Schwedenschanze

Schwedenschanze - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Schwedenschanze in Dörscheid in the Middle Rhine valley is a Sternschanze or star-shaped fortification that was probably built when the Landgrave of Hesse was besieged by the Palatine Kaub in 1631/32 during the Thirty Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1631

Source: en.wikipedia.org