Goose Tower (Ulm)
The 37.5 m high Gänsturm in Ulm (also Gänstor ) is a preserved city gate in the east of the medieval city fortifications not far from the Danube . Its name comes from the fact that geese used to be driven through the gate onto the goose meadows.
The substructure built in ashlar from the old Staufer city wall with a pointed arched gate dates from 1360, the upper storeys made of brick and the helmet are dated 1495. Over the gates there are niches with donkey backs , in the niche on the outside (southeast side) there used to be a coat of arms and a fresco of Mary. There was also a no longer existing rampart with two round towers and a drawbridge . The originally pointed helmet with four corner oriel turrets was simplified and rebuilt flatter after the gate was set on fire during the siege of Ulm in the First Coalition War in 1796. In 1944 the Gänsturm burned down again and in 1957 it was provided with a hipped roof. He has been wearing a watch again since 2002.
literature
- Hans Koepf : Ulmer profane buildings . Research on the history of the city of Ulm (Ed. Stadtarchiv Ulm), Volume 4, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007078-9 , p. 174
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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '56.8 " N , 10 ° 0' 2.9" E