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City Wall with Herzog-Bernhard Gate, Posttor and Feuerwehrtor Gates

The city walls made from massive quarry stones were built in the last quarter of the 14^th century and the major parts of the walls are still preserved. The wall is 7 to 10 metres high, plus a crown of breastwork of some 2 metres height. The wall is 1.5 to 1.7 m thick; the breastwork is 0.6 m thick.

In front of the city walls, is the moat, about 20 to 25 metres wide and originally 5 to 8 metres deep. In the past it was filled with water. It was drained in the 18^th century and gardens were planted. Each side of the city walls – in the east, south and west – had stately fortified towers.

The gates built in modern times, the Posttor, Sudetentor and Feuerwehrtor, are the connections between old town and the outskirts in the south.