Harbor cover tower
The Hafendeckelturm was a defense tower of the Upper Swabian city of Memmingen .
location
The tower stood on the northeast corner of the old town between the Kalchtor and the Hexenturm .
Appearance
The tower consisted of tuff stone in the substructure and brick in the superstructure . It was round in shape and had a flat, tiled roof. The battlements still preserved led past him to the Kalchtor .
history
The tower came from the second city expansion in the 14th century. In 1806 it had to be canceled at the request of the French. It owes its name to the flat roof, which is atypical for Swabians. A stone sculpture reminds of the tower, of which only the foundation walls have been preserved.
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and district of Memmingen (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959, ZDB -ID 256533-X , p. 32 .
Web links
Commons : Stadtbefestigung Memmingen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 15.7 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 8.8 ″ E