Hrsg. Rolf Übel Publication based on the history of the K&K Verlagsanstalt 1995 |
The historical significance of the fortresses on the river Queich and on the river Lauter is among experts undisputed. What is it that makes this area of the Lower Palatinate the object of continual strategic interest? Who did it belong to and who took time and effort over it? What kind of effect has 2000 years of military presence had on this region? How was it involved in French foreign policy between the 17th and the 20th century? What was the meaning of these fortresses? How did they come to find themselves in the hands of both the French, the Bavarians and the German Reich? What did these structures look like? The book begins with Roman forts, then touches upon medieval civil and city fortifications, covers the great fortresses on the Queich and Lauter and finally ends on the subject of the Siegfried Linie. historical non-fiction book / guidebook · ed. Rolf Übel · K&K Verlagsanstalt 1995 A5, paperback, 272 pages, richly illustrated, publication based on the history of the Rheinland-Palatinate and France. "If you are looking for historical traces of these structures, then you really need to go beyond the Rhine. Traces of both smaller and larger monuments still remain in the much fought over Lower Palatinate and Alsace regions between France and Germany. If you are going in search of such things you can now turn to a book, that is both a historical work and a guidebook rolled into one." (Thomas Liebscher, BADISCHE NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN) |
Die historische Bedeutung der Festungen an Queich und Lauter ist in Fachkreisen unbestritten. "Wer geschichtliche Spuren des Festungsbaus sucht, muß schon über den Rhein fahren. In der zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich über Jahrhunderte umkämpften Südpfalz und im Elsaß haben sich kleinere und größere Monumente oder deren Spuren erhalten...Wer sich auf die Suche macht, kann jetzt zu einem Buch greifen, das Geschichtswerk und Reiseführer in einem ist..." (Thomas Liebscher in den Badischen Neuesten Nachrichten) |