Gregoriusturm

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The Gregoriusturm (also called St. Jöris or Georgsturm ) was a defense tower of the outer city wall of the city of Aachen, which was built between 1300 and 1350 . It is no longer preserved.

location

The Gregoriusturm stood in the west-north-west of the outer wall ring between Königstor and Ponttor , roughly where Turmstrasse now runs over the railroad tracks. Between the Gregoriusturm and the Königstor still stood the Lange Turm , the Burtscheider Tower and the Beguinenturm , between the Gregoriusturm and the Ponttor the Bongartsturm and the Krückenturm .

history

In the 18th century, the 15 cannons that Aachen still owned at that time were kept in the Gregoriusturm. After Aachen was conquered by the French in 1793, these cannons were confiscated and transported to Paris.

The tower was demolished in two stages. In 1810 the parts of the tower reaching over the top of the wall were demolished. In a second step, the whole building disappeared in 1850.

description

The Gregoriusturm was a round tower with an outer diameter of 15.20 m and thus larger than all other defensive towers on the outer city wall. It had a rectangular porch with a width of 13.70 m and a depth of 13.30 m.

The tower had three floors. While the lowest only barred window and three loopholes, the first floor had four loopholes. On the city side, there was also a window and a wide door that allowed access from the wall. The two floors were connected by a spiral staircase. A chimney on the first floor of the building represented the sparse furnishing of the room.

The top floor was constructed similarly to the one below. Access was via a spiral staircase. A large window replaced the door on the lower floor. There were several loopholes.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 42.4 "  N , 6 ° 4 ′ 29.5"  E