  In finite graphs, finite-order tangles offer an abstract description of
highly connected substructures. In infinite graphs, infinite-order tangles
compactify the graphs in the same way the ends compactify connected locally
finite graphs. Thus, the arising tangle compactification extends the well-known
Freudenthal compactification from connected locally finite graphs to arbitrary
infinite graphs. This Master's thesis investigates the tangle compactifcation.
