Forchheim Fortress

Building work began in 1553 with St. Veit's Bastion south of Forchheim Castle, the so-called Pfalz.

At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the medieval town wall still existed to a large extent.

During the war there was no major [siege], although Forchheim was important strategically and as an assembly area for troops and as a refuge.

Prince Bishop Lothair Francis of Schönborn sent military architect, Maximilian von Welsch, in 1706 to upgrade the works.

The garrison headquarters (Kommandantur) on Parade Square (Paradeplatz) was designed by Johann Jakob Michael Küchel.

In the wake of the secularization of the Bishopric of Bamberg, the fortress was transferred to the Electorate of Bavaria, which was elevated to a kingdom in 1806.