The Rechneigrabenweiher in the Obermainanlage and the Bethmannweiher in the Bethmannpark still exist in the twenty first century and are remnants of the moat. The wall had fifty five towers, 40 of which have been located to the north of the Main, and 15 in Sachsenhausen. Most of the towers had been added during the 15th century and had been round and didn’t protrude on the skin of the wall. Presumedly, the Dreimetermauer (“three-metre wall”, referring to the thickness of the wall at the Main) adopted the natural course of the river east of the Geistpförtchen as well.
The riverside at the time was on the similar height as the southern Saalgasse. The wall is assumed to have then run east of the cathedral, about in the midst of the Kannengießergasse, from north to south, connecting back to the confirmed position of the wall along at present’s Braubachstraße. The fortifications of Frankfurt were a system of army defences of the German metropolis of Frankfurt am Main which existed from the Middle Ages into the nineteenth century. In the twelfth century the settlement expanded into what’s now Altstadt.
Because a few of the bastions had been raised instantly in entrance of the gates, these additionally had to be modified or reconstructed. The construction of the brand new fortifications was a severe burden on the city’s funds. An exterior reviewer, the fortress architect and mathematician Johannes Faulhaber from Ulm, was known as in. He pointed out the already-recognized issues, but in addition famous extra errors in Dilich’s plans, and overtly rebuffed him in front of the city council. Faulhaber delivered a stern lecture, establishing his views via algebraic calculations and a paper model.
After Faulhaber left the town in March 1630, Dilich followed his suggestions, inflicting the construction works to make good progress. In 1631, master builder Matthias Staudt from Darmstadt was assigned to be Dilich’s assistant. The citizenry had been required to pay an distinctive tax for the construction of the wall. In front of and behind the wall there have been three–4 metres (10–10 ft) extensive Zwingers– open kill zones between two defensive walls. In entrance of the outer Zwinger, there was an eight–10 metres (30–30 ft) extensive wet moat fed by the Main and plenty of smaller rivers, and had another, smaller, wall in front of it.