Town Fortification Schongau

Schongau is a planned Staufer city, laid out after 1225. Three main street axes and the secondary streets assigned at right angles formed the core city of the 13th century. The expansion of the city took place in stages until the 14th/15th century. The entire northern part of the city between Bauerngasse, northern Münzstraße and northern Amtsgerichtsstraße and the smaller southern part around Lindenplatz were consequently connected. Later, the city lords also included the castle and the toll station northwest near Maxtor. This is still clearly visible today by a bulge in the city's layout at this point. The wall ring, which was largely built with battlements in the 13th century, is almost completely preserved.