Pentagonal tower (Weißenburg)

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Weißenburg city fortifications with powder tower

The five-cornered tower is part of the town fortifications of Weißenburg in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

It is located near the Ellinger Tor and the Doerflervilla on Schulhausstrasse and has the address Froschgasse 7. Like the entire old town of Weißenburg, it is a listed building . The pentagonal tower was part of the Weißenburger Zwinger and is one of the 38 still preserved towers of the city ​​wall . The tower is also called the powder tower. It is located on the north wall. The tower was built in 1469.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weissenburg City Map
  2. ↑ Five-cornered tower - Weißenburg in the Middle Ages!
  3. ^ Bavarian Office for the Preservation of Monuments

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 57.4 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 14.8 ″  E