Eyerkeil tower
The Eyerkeil Tower was a defense tower of the outer city wall of the city of Aachen, which was built around 1300–1350 . It is no longer preserved.
location
The Eyerkeil tower was not part of the outer wall ring , but stood in the southwest of the wall ring at the top of the kennel wall of the triangular Liège ski jump between Jakobstor and Junkerstor . Opposite him on the wall ring stood the unnamed tower .
description
The Eyerkeil tower was a round tower and was therefore often referred to simply as the "round tower". It had a diameter of about 12.50 m. The tower had two upper floors, to which a spiral staircase leads.
The ground floor had loopholes for archers and crossbowmen , the two upper floors, on the other hand, had wider shooting hatches that could be closed by wooden flaps for the use of guns such as B. Ballista .
The roof was flat and surrounded by a crenellated wreath, so that the space in front of the wall and within the kennel of the Liège Schanze could also be controlled and shot at from here.
Due to its location in front of the curtain wall, the Eyerkeilturm also served as a support to defend the Jakobstor and the Junkerstor.
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
Web links
- Reconstruction of the Liège Schanze with an unnamed tower and the Eyerkeil tower , woodcut by KJ Gollrad
Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 10.8 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 23" E