Lecture “History of the Meppen Fortress”
Stadtmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen, DeutschlandAfter the fully authorized town of Meppen received the right to do so from the Bishop of Münster in 1360, the first town fortifications were built soon afterwards: a rectangular rampart, perhaps reinforced with palisades, a surrounding moat and four town gates: Hase-, Ems-, Mark- and Merschporte. The complex appears to have been reinforced with [...]
