Schwedenschanze (Zuflucht)

The Schwedenschanze (Zuflucht) is a former schanze in Bad Peterstal-Griesbach in the Black Forest in Southern Germany.

The Schwedenschanze was built during the Thirty Years' War in 1632/1633 and is the oldest schanze on the top of the pass at the Zuflucht.

It was supposed to secure the Oppenauer Steige from above, but it was unfavorably laid out because the opponent could approach the hill unseen due to the surrounding forests and hilly terrain.

[3] The Württemberg field camp in front of the Refuge Hotel, which would later be known as the Schwedenschanze, has its origins in 1593 at the time of the Strasbourg Bishops' War.

The Duke of Württemberg had the western border of his country guarded by a permanent garrison stationed in the field camp.

Detail from the map by Georg Ludwig Stäbenhaber
Excerpt from the map from Prelate Mayer
The Schwedenschanze's layout