Defensive wall

Defensive walls were used to enclose settlements from prehistory into the modern period. Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China and the Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose vast regions.

Germany

• Ahrweiler
• Annaberg-Buchholz
• Amberg
• Andernach
• Bad Münstereifel
• Bautzen/Sa.
• Berching/Opf.
• Bernau bei Berlin
• Blankenburg (Harz)
• Boppard
• Brandenburg
• Büdingen
• Dettelbach/Ufr.
• Dinkelsbühl/Mfr.
• Dollnstein/Altmühltal
• Donauwörth/Bay.
• Ebern/Ufr.
• Eibelstadt/Ufr.
• Eichstätt/Altmühltal
• Fladungen/Rhön, Ufr.
• Forchheim/Ofr.
• Freiberg/Sa.
• Freinsheim
• Frickenhausen/Ufr.
• Fritzlar/Hess.
• Gerolzhofen/Ufr.
• Greding/Altmühltal
• Heidingsfeld(Würzburg)/Ufr.
• Ingolstadt/Obb.
• Iphofen/Ufr.
• Jena
• Karlstadt am Main/Ufr.
• Kaufbeuren/Allgäu
• Korbach
• Kronach/Ofr.
• Landsberg am Lech/Obb.
• Mainbernheim/Ufr.
• Memmingen/Allgäu
• Merkendorf/Mfr.
• Mühlhausen/Thür.
• Müncheberg
• Münnerstadt/Ufr.
• Nabburg/Opf
• Neubrandenburg
• Neuburg an der Donau/Obb.
• Neustadt an der Saale/Ufr.
• Nördlingen
• Nürnberg
• Oberwesel/Rhein
• Ochsenfurt/Ufr.
• Ornbau/Mfr.
• Pappenheim/Altmühltal
• Rodach/Ofr.
• Rostock
• Röttingen/Ufr.
• Rothenburg ob der Tauber/Mfr.
• Schongau/Obb.
• Seßlach/Ofr.
• Soest
• Sommerhausen/Ufr
• Stralsund,
• Templin
• Ulm an der Donau
• Vellberg/BW
• Warburg (Westfalia)
• Wemding/Bavaria
• Weißenburg/Mfr.
• Wittstock
• Wolframs-Eschenbach/Mfr.
• Würzburg/Ufr.
• Zerbst/Sa.-Anh.
• Zeil am Main/Ufr.
• Zons
• Zwickau
• The German Democratic Republic claimed that the Berlin Wall (and the whole DDR border system) was defensive; but it was rather intended to prevent unauthorized emigration.