In the early modern period, all German cities were fortified
places. Because contemporary jurists have defined 'city' as a
coherent social body in a protected place, the urban environment
had to be physically separate from the surrounding countryside.
This separation was crucial to guaranteeing the city's commercial,
political and legal privileges. Fortifications were therefore
essential for any settlement to be termed a city. This book tells
the story of German cities' metamorphoses from walled to
de-fortified places between 1689 and 1866. Using a wealth of
original sources, The Defortification of the German City, 1689-1866
discusses one of the most significant moments in the emergence of
the modern city: the dramatic and often traumatic demolition of the
city's centuries-old fortifications and the creation of the open
city.
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