the Holy Roman Empire, there is a distinction between a Vorburg and a Kernburg roughly corresponding to lower and upper baileys in English castles.[page needed]...

three stages. After the construction of the rectangular inner ward or kernburg, the zwinger walls were built between 1340 and 1369 under the bailiff,...

two bergfrieds stand at opposite ends of the inner ward (here called the Kernburg). The inner ward is completely surrounded by an outer ward with an outer...

Stekovics. ISBN 3-929330-89-X. Burg Falkenstein with map Grundriss der Kernburg Falkenstein, ausflugsziele-harz.de Harzer Wandernadel: Stempelstelle 200...

gate (2005) Great Lauenburg, building ruins in the area of the western Kernburg (2005) Lauenburg Castle Ruins (in German) Stecklenberg (in German) "Lauenburg...

Burg Breuberg is among Germany's best preserved castles. The so-called Kernburg (“core castle”) arose at the beginning of the 13th century and was founded...

above the neck ditch. Fourth, is the upper ward (Oberburg) or inner ward (Kernburg) (C) on the ascending, elongated rocky ridge that is up to 55 metres long...

120 metres by 50 metres. The primitive castle of the 13th century, or Kernburg, was equipped in the southwest with a shield wall facing possible attack...

walls, the Zwinger, have almost completely disappeared. The inner ward (Kernburg) is 35 metres long by 18 metres wide. It does not have a bergfried. On...