The Roßberg is a mountain, , in the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

immediately north of

Breitnau Breitnau is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, about 30 kilometres from the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located within the High Black Forest. Ge ...

in the German state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt () is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is made up of the six communities of Neustadt, Langenordnach, Rudenberg, Titisee, Schwärzenbach and Waldau. The town ...

and St. Märgen are also nearby. On the same ridge just over 1 km to the west is the

Hohwart {{Infobox mountain , name = Hohwart , photo = Hohwart.JPG , photo_size = , photo_alt = , photo_caption = The Hohwart from the Vogtjockeleshof to the southeast. , elevation = {{Höhe, 1123 ...

(1123 m) and 2 km to the east, across the Oberbach valley, is the highest mountain in Breitnau municipality: the

Weißtannenhöhe The Weißtannenhöhe is a mountain, 1,190 or 1,192 metres high,Martin Kuhnle, ''Schwarzwald Ferwanderwege: Westweg - Mittelweg - Ostweg.'', Munich: Berverlag Rother, 2016, p. 26. in the Black Forest in Germany and the highest point in the municipal ...

(1190 m). On the northwestern side of the mountain the remains of a

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and

ditch A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches ...

system from the end of the 17th century may be made out. In the area of the Roßberg the

fortification A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Lati ...

s (known as ''Schanzen'') run from the ''Schanzenhäusle'' via the ''Ringelschanze'' to the zur ''Roßbergschanze''. Between the Ringelschanze and the Roßbergschanze there are continuous, linear structures with several triangular

bastion A bastion is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the ...

s. In 1690 battles were fought at Breitnau, but by the early 18th century the fortifications had lost their military significance. Immediately next to the Roßbergschanze lies the Breitnau Friends of Nature house (''Naturfreundehaus Breitnau'', ).

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