Key:castle_type:de

castle_type + castle_type:de

The castle_type=type tag can be used to give a classification of the historic=castle. The alternative values are under discussion. There is no Proposal page yet and they have not been voted or agreed upon. The main point of the discussion is whether to break with OSM custom and use precise German/local language tags or to use more general English tags.

To separate clearly local language tags, they can be marked with the local language symbol, e.g. castle_type=defensive + castle_type:de=burg

Note also that a lot of discussion is taking place in German: DE_talk:Tag:historic=castle#castle_type_neben_castle_type:de
See also the historic=castle page for more information: Tag:historic=castle#Local_language_tags

Local language tags

Type	Century	Description / Beschreibung	proposed Icons (ruin)	Picture
castle_type=defensive castle_type:de=burg castle_type:cs=hrad castle_type:fr=chateau_fort (+ ruins=no)	11.-16.	A castle made of stone, an enclosed building to dwell and defense of the high and late medieval time. Der Begriff Burg bezeichnet einen (teilweise auch noch bewohnbaren) Wehrbau vorrangig aus dem Mittelalter.
castle_type=defensive castle_type:de=burgruine castle_type:cs=hrad (+ ruins=yes)	11.-16.	A castle made of stone, an enclosed building to dwell and defense of the high and late medieval time. Der Begriff Burg bezeichnet einen Wehrbau vorrangig aus dem Mittelalter.
castle_type=stately castle_type:de=schloss castle_type:cs=zámek castle_type:fr=chateau	14.-20.	A mostly well designed rarely or not fortified Château located in the countryside. Ein Schloss ist ein zumeist künstlerisch gestalteter Wohnsitz des Adels, typischerweise freistehend.	()
castle_type=stately castle_type:de=burg;schloss	14.-20.	A chateau_fort modificated to a chateau has only the attributes describing the current state. Eine Burg umgebaut zu einem Schloss hat beide Attribute.	()
castle_type=defensive + moated=yes castle_type:de=wasserburg castle_type:cs=vodní hrad	14.-20.	A moated castle is surrounded by a deep wide ditch or natural water. Eine Wasserburg oder Wasserschloss ist umgeben von Wasser.	()
castle_type=stately + moated=yes castle_type:de=wasserschloss castle_type:cs=vodní zámek	14.-20.	A moated castle is surrounded by a deep wide ditch or natural water. Eine Wasserburg oder Wasserschloss ist umgeben von Wasser.	()
castle_type=palace castle_type:de=palast castle_type:cs=palác castle_type:fr=palais castle_type:it=palazzo	14.-20.	A mostly well designed not fortified Palace located in urban area. Ein Palast ist ein zumeist künstlerisch gestalteter Wohnsitz des Adels, typischerweise im Stadtgebiet.
castle_type=manor castle_type:de=herrenhaus castle_type:cs=tvrz - defensive or castle_type:cs=zámek - stately castle_type:fr=manoir		A Manor house is a country house which belonged to gentry families. Ein Herrenhaus ist ein Wohnsitz von Gutsherren, zumeist kleiner als ein Schloss.
castle_type=fortress castle_type:de=festung castle_type:fr=fortification castle_type:cs=pevnost (+ ruins=yes/no)	15.-20.	A fortification is a strongly fortified military building Eine Festung ist eine militärische Wehranlage aus der Neuzeit.	()
castle_type=citadel castle_type:de=zitadelle castle_type:fr=citadelle castle_type:cs=citadela castle_type:it=cittadella (+ ruins=yes/no)	15.-20.	A citadel is a fortress for protecting a town. Eine Zitadelle ist eine Befestigung innerhalb einer Stadt.	()
castle_type=castrum castle_type:de=kastell (+ reconstruction=yes)		A castrum was a fortified military building by the ancient Romans, sometimes reconstructed. Ein Kastell war ein befestigtes Römisches Militärlager fallweise auch rekonstruiert.
castle_type=kremlin castle_type:de=kreml		Kremlin is a special type of castle in Russia. Kreml ist ein spezielles castle im Zarentum Russland.
castle_type=shiro		Japanese Castle Japanische Burg

Fixme: The following sections don't relate to the castle_type:de key and should therefore be moved to other pages such as castle_type=* or historic=castle.

additional Tags

• building:condition=* for the building condition
• ruins=yes similar to the above
• reconstructed=yes if it is a reconstructed castle and not original (alternatively see building:condition=reconstructed)
• imitation=yes if it is an imitation (e.g. Artificial ruin)
• start_date=* date or year when the first construction of the todays existing building was finnished and it started to exist.
  • Note: Sometimes a stately castle is build on the place of an older but no longer existing defensive castle. In this case the date of the now existing building should be taken.

architectural style

At the moment there is a proposal Proposed_features/Building_attributes how to tag building:architecture=* according to Architectural styles

Here some examples (also with a german description):

Type	Century	Description	Beschreibung
building:architecture=romanesque	6.-12.	Romanesque	Romanik
building:architecture=gothic	12.-16.	Gothic art	Gotik
building:architecture=renaissance	14.-17.	Renaissance	Renaissance
building:architecture=baroque	16.-18.	Baroque	Barock
building:architecture=rococo	18.	Rococo	Rokoko
building:architecture=classicism	18.-19.	Classicism	Klassizismus
building:architecture=historicism	19.	Historicism (art) (Wilhelminian style)	Historismus (Gründerzeit)
building:architecture=art_nouveau building:architecture:de=jugendstil	19.-20.	Art Nouveau	Jugendstil (Secession)
building:architecture=art_deco	20.	Art Deco (Style Moderne)	Art Déco
building:architecture=brutalism	20.	Brutalist architecture	Brutalismus

Usages

• historic=castle

See also

• Neolithic fortifications like a circular rampart can be tagged as:
  • historic=archaeological_site + archaeological_site=fortification + fortification_type=hill_fort

• smaller buildings, that shall not be mixed up with castles, can be tagged as:
  • building=villa
  • building=pavilion

• the following keys are alternative tagging:
  • historic=chateau
  • historic=citadel
  • historic=fort
  • historic=fortress
  • historic=manor - may make more sense as a typical manor is not a castle
  • historic=palace - may make more sense as a typical palace is not a castle