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Bollwerk meaning and definition in german

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n ‎(genitive Bollwerks, plural Bollwerke)
  1. bulwark, rampart, stronghold, fortress, bastion
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Ich sah ein, daß er aus dem Stoffe sei, aus welchem die Natur ihre Heroen macht christliche wie heidnische ihre Gesetzgeber, ihre Staatsmänner, ihre Eroberer; ein festes Bollwerk, auf das man in großen Zeiten um großer Interessen willen bauen konnte!I saw he was of the material from which nature hews her heroes--Christian and Pagan--her lawgivers, her statesmen, her conquerors: a steadfast bulwark for great interests to rest upon; but, at the fireside, too often a cold cumbrous column, gloomy and out of place.OP211803