Published: 2023-11-23

Town fortifications of late medieval Kołobrzeg in the light of archaeological excavations

Beata Wywrot-Wyszkowska
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Section: Studies and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.3.001

Abstract

The paper discusses issues concerning the structure and layout of late medieval defensive system in Kołobrzeg and changes to it. The major source are archaeological finds.
Written records and cartographic and iconographic sources were used to a lesser extent, mainly due to their poor preservation. Original fortifications in Kołobrzeg were formed by a ring of earthworks surrounded by a moat. The construction of brick city walls started in the fourteenth century and was completed in the middle of the fifteenth
century. The ring included four main gates and a few posterns. Gates in Kołobrzeg had ‘gorges’ which projected far beyond the edge of the moat, with a multi-storey or higher buildings at the end.

Keywords:

town fortifications, town boundaries, Western Pomerania, Kołobrzeg, Late Middle Ages

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Wywrot-Wyszkowska, B. (2023). Town fortifications of late medieval Kołobrzeg in the light of archaeological excavations. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 71(3), 259–277. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.3.001

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