Horizontal tower
A Reckturm is a tower of a medieval city wall . Some rooms also served as a prison .
The origin of the term is not fully understood, it may be derived from the torture method of stretching and stretching .
Austria
- Reckturm (Laa an der Thaya) in Lower Austria
- Reckturm (Wiener Neustadt)
- Reckturm (Wolfsberg) in Carinthia
- Reckturm in the Hohensalzburg Fortress in the State of Salzburg
- Reckturm in Mattsee Castle
- Reckturm in Hartberg Castle in Styria
- Reckturm on Sulzeneck Hallein
Slovenia
- Bar tower in Maribor
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Martin : Salzburg. History and art of this city. Edited by Eleonore Telsnig. Bergland-Buch, Salzburg 1964, p. 101 ( snippet view ).
- ↑ A corner tower of the Neustadt - Reckturm on zeitgeschichte-wn.at
- ^ Bernhard Paumgartner : Salzburg. Residenz, Salzburg 1966, DNB 457778784 , p. 84 ( snippet view ).
- ^ Reckturm in Maribor with further explanations