Bridge tower
The bridge tower is part of the medieval city fortifications of Regensburg . The gate tower from the 13/14. Century stands at the southern end of the stone bridge over the Danube , to the west next to the municipal salt barn built in 1620 and to the east next to the Amberger barn built in 1487/1551 .
history
The construction of the bridge tower can only be roughly dated from the middle of the 13th to the middle of the 14th century, when the city fortifications were built. According to preliminary archaeological investigations from 2009, there are many indications that this bridge tower was already the successor to an earlier gate building further south. Together with the central tower and the black tower at the northern end of the bridge near the Bavarian town of Stadtamhof , which was built in 1246 and destroyed in 1809 , the bridge tower controlled access to the old town of Regensburg via the stone bridge .
The bridge tower (also known as the debtor tower ) is the only remaining one of the three defensive towers of the stone bridge. In the past, debtors were locked up here and had to collect their debts in the true sense of the word - using a fishing rod that they lowered from the tower window to beg for a coin or two.
Two small rooms and a kitchen on the top floor, which is now accessible as a viewing level, served as the tower's apartment . From here you have a good view of the city. Inside the bridge tower houses a section of the Danube Shipping Museum as well as a historical and a modern clockwork .
The large side archway was built at the beginning of the 20th century when the tram was built.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lutz Michael Dallmeier and Mathias Hensch : Secrets of the Stone Bridge. New archaeological information on the medieval development of the southern bridgehead . In: City of Regensburg, Office for Archives and Preservation of Monuments (ed.): Preservation of monuments in Regensburg . tape 12 . Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2371-6 , pp. 6-33 .
- ^ Karl Bauer: Regensburg Art, Culture and Everyday History . 6th edition. MZ-Buchverlag in H. Gietl Verlag & Publication Service GmbH, Regenstauf 2014, ISBN 978-3-86646-300-4 , p. 545 f .
- ↑ a b Info page about Steinerne Brücke and Brückurm ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Bridge Tower Museum
- Description of the Regensburg bridge towers at baufachinformation.de
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '16.4 " N , 12 ° 5' 49.4" E