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Lafnitz River
The Lafnitz () is a river in southeastern Austria and (briefly) western Hungary. The Lafnitz is long, and has a basin area of . It rises near the border of Styria and Lower Austria, and flows in a generally southeastern direction through the towns of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Lafnitz, Markt Allhau, Wolfau, Wörth an der Lafnitz, Neudau, Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Rudersdorf, Königsdorf, Austria, Königsdorf, and Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, and it empties into the Rába less than a kilometer inside Hungary, in the town of Szentgotthárd. For much of its length it forms the border between Styria and Burgenland. Its largest tributary is the . References External linksLafnitz - habitat cross-linking on an Alpine pannonical river European Commission Rivers of Styria Rivers of Burgenland Rivers of Hungary Ramsar sites in Austria Rivers of Austria International rivers of Europe {{Hungary-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartaque
A chartaque (, from '' chahartaq'', literally "having four arches"; in , in ) is a watchtower and important element of the fortification systems in the time of the Ottoman Empire. Construction The original form, to which the name relates, was built of four logs, but over time ''chartaques'' were built in different sizes depending on the number of defending units. Fundamentally they were places of observation and defence. A characteristic structural feature of ''chartaques'' is that they consisted of a lookout tower with a palisade around the base. Other defensive works such as '' schanzen'', abatis, ramparts and ditches were often built in the vicinity as additional protection against an enemy. The construction of a ''chartaque'' was an operation that lasted several weeks. In 1706, during the time of the Kuruc wars, precise details are known about the fortifications of the '' Kuruc schanzen'' in eastern Styria. For one four-man ''chartaque'', thus a relatively small one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
