Hornwork

As Hornwerk an advanced into the ditch bastion front is referred to, which was one of the outworks of an early modern fortress. It consisted of two with a curtain bonded half bastions, which were bordered by long edges. The curtain could be submitted to a Ravelin. Be distinguished from Horn 's work is the Kronwerk, which was composed of at least two bastion fronts.

Horn works came in the late 16th century as an element of Early Netherlandish attachment style and were usually built on particularly vulnerable sections. Mostly it was before the curtain between two bastions, but also could serve as an independent structure (eg as a bridgehead ), also because they are constituted one of the basic forms. The Bestreichung of their wings was as a rule made ​​by the Bastion Facen. The horn work also formed one of the basic forms in field fortifications.