Fortyfikacje miejskie Raciborza w świetle badań archeologicznych

Main point of The article is to gather and sum up knowledge about Racibórz fortifications considering results of archeological research. Town battlements in Racibórz were built in the late medieval. To present day only small part of them has been preserved, which would define as 8% original medieval defensive walls. Main objective of the archeological research were thorough localization of fortifications line (gates, towers and battlements). Research work envisages recognition tectonics, construction and building materials of defensive walls also relics of town gates and towers, establish construction battlements in relation to level of original soil and to stratification of colonization layers within the city limits. There have been established many of archeological excavations, in order to perform these intentions, which enables until now to make a discovery relics of two from three town gates (Odrzańska Gate and Great Gate), one of the destroyed tower and more than 70 meters of defensive walls.