Chartaque

Other defensive works such as schanzen, abatis, ramparts and ditches were often built in the vicinity as additional protection against an enemy.

For one four-man chartaque, thus a relatively small one (there were also chartaques for up to 20 men), which was to be built in Goritz bei Radkersburg, about three kilometres north of the town of Radkersburg, the following was assessed to be needed: 20 workers (socagers from the surrounding villages), eight log posts each of three fathoms (ca.

18 feet long), 24 logs for beams and wall benches, 18 logs for the upper and lower floors, 25 battens, 75 wide boards, 400 batten nails, 1,000 shingle nails, 67 carts and, as for tradesmen, master carpenter: 18 man days and carpenter's apprentices: 54 man days.

At first they were built by the Styrians and Lower Austrians as part of their defence against the Ottomans and later strengthened to defend their lands against the Kurucs.

Chartaques were usually erected in lines in order to be able to relay warning shots and other visual and audible messages.

Reconstruction of a chartaque on the Eppingen Lines
Reconstruction of a schanze and chartaque on the Barocque schanze near Gersbach in the Black Forest area
Reconstruction of a chartaque on the Lafnitz , the old border between Styria and Hungary, east of Burgau