Sternschanze
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Sternschanze is a quarter in the centre of Hamburg within the Altona borough. In 2014, the population was 7,776 on an area of 0.6 km2 with a density of 14,113 inhabitants per km2. After Reeperbahn, it
Susannenstraße, a typical street "in der Schanze"
Demonstration by leftist groups, amongst others for the squatted Hafenstraße houses in neighbouring St. Pauli on 20 December 1986
Sconce (fortification)
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A sconce or schanze is a protective fortification, such as an earthwork, often placed on a mound as a defensive work for artillery, It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages u
Sternschanze
…known entertainment and nightlife district. It is also known as Schanzenviertel ( ) and nicknamed Schanze ( ). The name of the quarter originates from a sconce (German: Schanze) shaped like a star that was built in 1682 in front of the Hamburg Wallring. From the 1930s to the 1970s the quarter was home to a…
Sconces in the shape of an enclosed redoubt; here shown as incorporated into a verschanzten Linie or "fortified line". The schanze is additionally protected in this example by a couvreface.
The Engelse Schans (English Sconce) of 1627 in Lievelde, the Netherlands (photo 2008)
Replica of a Baroque schanze as a redoubt with chartaque in Gersbach
Original Baroque schanze in the form of a star at the Böllner Eck near Neuenweg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany