Bulwark (Mulhouse)
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The Bollwerk ( French Le Bollwerk ) is a fortification tower and a remnant of the old fortifications of the city of Mulhouse (Mülhausen), which is located in the Europe - Nordfeld district not far from the Europe Tower .
The Bulwark Tower has had several different names throughout its history. First "Neuensteinerturm" around 1390 (from the name of a family who lived near the tower), then "Hugues-Walch-Turm" in the 1400s (same explanation), then "Eselsturm" around 1700 (the miller of the Basler Tors had a donkey house nearby), then finally “Pig Tower” around 1850 . (the slaughterhouse is right next door) before it got its current name around 1900 .
Its top was once decorated with battlements , then was converted into a flat four-gable roof around 1700 before it was given its current roof shape in 1890. The perimeter wall to which the bulwark belonged was demolished in 1840. The fresco (from 1893) that adorns the east tower is by Ferdinand Wagner and depicts the mayor Ulrich von Dornach during the attack on Mulhouse by Martin Malterer in 1385. It was restored in the 1970s by Bernard Latuner.
Today the tower represents a piece of the history of the city of Mulhouse, as it has been preserved to this day. Mulhouse is sometimes referred to as the "city of bulwarks".
The Mulhouse tram line has been running right past the tower since 2006.
The building has been classified as a Monument historique (historical monument) since December 6, 1898 .
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- ↑ Entry in Base Mérimée , accessed on July 8, 2020