Hunger Tower (Tauberbischofsheim)

Remains of the medieval city wall with the Hunger Tower (2005), Am Mühlkanal in Tauberbischofsheim

The Hunger Tower is a former prison tower and part of the medieval city fortifications in Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg . The building, erected at the beginning of the late Middle Ages, is a listed building .

location

Today the hunger tower is located on the Mühlkanal , which is branched off from the Brehmbach through a ditch. Near the Hunger Tower is the Kurmainzische Schloss with the Türmersturm , another tower of the former city fortifications.

history

The Hunger Tower was probably built at the beginning of the late Middle Ages as part of the construction of the city fortifications and the city wall, after Bischofsheim (today: Tauberbischofsheim) had previously been granted city rights at the end of the High Middle Ages . The name " hunger tower " suggests that it was used as a prison at the time.

Although the medieval city fortifications with a city wall about ten meters high and up to 20 towers were increasingly removed with the beginning of modern times, the hunger tower with a small part of the city wall was preserved.

architecture

The tower, built in a round shape, is integrated into the former, medieval town wall of Tauberbischofsheim. The hunger tower is protected according to § 28 (building) of the Baden-Württemberg Monument Protection Act.

Views of the hunger tower in Tauberbischofsheim (2017)
View of the Hunger Tower from Schloßweg
The hunger tower on the Mühlkanal
Entrance door and city wall passage
Information board to the left of the entrance door of the hunger tower
Back of the hunger tower with remains of the city wall

literature

Franz Gehrig , Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim . Association of Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997, pp. 47–52 ( castle and waiting towers ) and pp. 202–214 ( The end of the walls and towers ; with a colored picture of the hunger tower on p. 208).
Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, pp. 208f. ( Attachment of the city fortifications ).

Web links

Commons : Hungerturm (Tauberbischofsheim) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg: Directory of immovable architectural and art monuments and the objects to be examined . Regional Council Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2012.
^ ^A ^b Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, pp. 201–209 (awarding the city rights and building the city fortifications ).
^ Franz Gehrig, Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim . Association of Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997, pp. 202–214 ( The end of the walls and towers ).

49.620973 9.662267Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 15.5 " N , 9 ° 39 ′ 44.2" E

[Denkmalverzeichnis-1] State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg: Directory of immovable architectural and art monuments and the objects to be examined . Regional Council Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2012.

[Literatur_TBB_1955-2] A ^b Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, pp. 201–209 (awarding the city rights and building the city fortifications ).

[3] Franz Gehrig, Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim . Association of Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997, pp. 202–214 ( The end of the walls and towers ).