Schanze
![Schanzen in the shape of an enclosed redoubt; here shown as incorporated into a verschanzten Linie or](/Images/godic/202502/09/Fotothek_df_tg_0008976_Architektur_^_Geometrie_^_Festungsbau_^_Befestigung_^_Schanze3618.jpg")
![Replica of a Baroque schanze as a redoubht with chartaque in Gersbach.](/Images/godic/202502/09/Barockschanze_Gersbach3618.jpg")
![Original Baroque schanze in the form of a star at the Böllner Eck near Neuenweg.](/Images/godic/202502/09/Barockschanze3618.jpg")
A schanze is, according to the specialist terminology of German fortification construction, an independent fieldwork, that is frequently used in the construction of temporary (not permanent) field fortifications. The word is German and has no direct English equivalent, although the word sconce is derived from Dutch schans, which is cognate to the German word.