Bongart tower
The Bongart Tower was one of a series of defensive towers on the outer city wall of Aachen built in the 13th and 14th centuries . The building no longer exists today.
General
The Bongartsturm belonged to the Ponttor county. The name is derived from a bongart, the area of which reached up to the city wall.
The Bongart Tower was separated from the Königstor city gate by the fortified towers Gregoriusturm , Beguinenturm , Burtscheider Turm and Langer Turm , while on the opposite side there was only the crutch tower between the tower and the Ponttor .
architecture
The no longer existing two-storey building was built semicircular and had a width of 11 meters and a depth of 8 meters. The lower storey, which was at the height of the dam, offered the opportunity to open fire on attackers from three loopholes. These openings had a special feature. The middle loopholes faced the Ponttor. It offered the possibility of firing better shots in the direction of the area around this city gate, a target that would be more likely to be attacked by attackers.
A staircase from the direction of the neighboring Gregoriusturm led to the first floor of this tower. There were four loopholes in this tower section.
The tower, like most of the city wall and its gates and towers, was probably demolished in the first quarter of the 19th century.
literature
- Bruno Lerho : The great Aachen city wall with gates and towers . Helios Verlag, Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-938208-37-6 .
- Carl Rhoen : The fortifications of the free imperial city of Aachen . Anton Creutzer, Aachen 1894, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-230540 ( ISL Aachen [PDF; accessed on May 7, 2016]).
See also
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 49.7 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 34.1" E