The Röschenschanze is a former schanze in

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in the

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in Southern

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. It is located on the L 402, the "Oppenauer Steige", which branches off from the B 500 ( Black Forest High Road). Another redoubt which is geographically close to the Röschenschanze is the

Schwedenschanze (Zuflucht) The Schwedenschanze (Zuflucht) is a former schanze in Bad Peterstal-Griesbach in the Black Forest in Southern Germany. It is located on the L 402, the "Oppenauer Steige", which branches off from the B 500 ( Black Forest High Road). Another redou ...

Etymology

The schanze is named after the

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(1743–1841). Rösch became known in particular for his teaching activities at the military plant school and for the construction of the Röschenschanze. The Röschenschanze is also known as ''Schwabenschanze'' (literally '

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n redoubt'). Roeschengraben

History

The Röschenschanze was created as part of the coalition wars of the German princes against France. It was supposed to stop the French troops coming from the

Rench The Rench is a right-hand tributary of the Rhine in the Ortenau ( Central Baden, Germany). It rises on the southern edge of the Northern Black Forest at Kniebis near Bad Griesbach im Schwarzwald. The source farthest from the mouth is that of the ...

tal under General Moreau. In 1794, Rösch was entrusted with the construction of a

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al star-shaped schanze with six bulwarks to defend the Württemberg state border. The Röschenschanze consisted of star-shaped piled earth walls behind which the defenders camped. At the time when it was not completely finished, a local farmer's boy led the French troops over the Oppenauer Steige to the Röschenschanze, so that it was stormed by

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's troops in 1796 and taken almost without a fight.

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Relief map of the Schwedenschanze
Black Forest Hill forts in Germany

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