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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/2015 6:08 PM, Martin
Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Am 11.10.2015 um 08:25 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:matkoniecz@gmail.com"><matkoniecz@gmail.com></a>:
Castle as in "a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the
Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility".
Unfortunately obvious historic=castle fails - as it is defined and
used as "(often fortified) buildings from medieval and modern times"
and includes nearly everything - for example "Representative building
without functional defenses.". (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Dcastle">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Dcastle</a> ).
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this is an old question, at its time the initial solution was castle_type=burg but didn't find the appreciation of everyone due to being a German word (although apparently used by historians also in English).
I think the intention is to use "defensive" now:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:castle_type">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:castle_type</a>
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<pre>As one of the castle types is <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:castle_type%3Dcastrum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tag:castle type=castrum (page does not exist)">castrum</a> .. a Roamn castle .. and they predate the middle ages .. </pre>
<pre>I would simply tag it as </pre>
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castle_type=middle_ages
And then fully document the castle_type used. As no other castle_type is documented, it would be a first.
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