Fist turret

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Fist turret, photo from 1873

The Fausttürmchen was a tower of the second city wall of medieval Munich .

location

The tower was in the Angerviertel in the south of Munich's old town between Heyturm and Sendlinger Tor .

history

The time the tower was built is not known. On the model of the city of Munich from Jacob Sandtner it is already visible, it is mentioned by name but only in the 19th century.

The name Fausttürmchen is traced back to the pommel that adorned the top of the conical roof. After severe weathering, its shape in the 19th century was reminiscent of a raised clenched fist. This tower knob is exhibited today in the Munich City Museum. But there is also a legend according to which the fist was deliberately placed as a warning after a treacherous city dweller was walled in alive at this point, who tried to open the city gates to a robber baron for payment.

Since the turret was opposite the hangman's house, it was also known as the hangman's turret. According to legend, the turret (or at least its top) glowed red when an innocent man was executed.

The little tower was used as a toilet tower for the guards who patrolled the battlements of the city wall.

In 1873 the tower was torn down together with the city wall, but was photographed shortly beforehand.

description

The fist turret was a small round tower with a conical roof that rested on a protruding wall or a column.

literature

  • Helmuth Stahleder : House and street names in Munich's old town . Hugendubel, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-88034-640-2 , p. 571 .
  • Wolfgang Till and Thomas Weidner (eds.): Typically Munich . The anniversary book of the Munich City Museum. Edition Minerva, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-938832-34-9 , pp. 41 .

Web links

Commons : Fist Turret  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. top of Munich's own turret. Münchner Stadtmuseum, accessed June 1, 2010 .
  2. Gisela Schinzel-Penth : Sagas and Legends of Munich. Ambro Lacus, 1979, 2nd edition 1992, p. 112.

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 0.1 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 5.8 ″  E