Johannisturm (Warburg)
The Johannisturm is part of the medieval city fortifications of the old town of Warburg, first mentioned around 1226 .
The still existing gate tower with a square floor plan secured western access to the old town of Warburg. It was built in the 14th century and is named after a former Johanneskapelle in a suburb that was destroyed in 1622. On the field side, above the ogival gate, there is a high, round-arched wall panel with an internal fold, which served to guide a portcullis. On the city side, part of the former stone battlement has been preserved, from which a door leads into the interior. On the south wall of the tower an approach to the further city wall can be seen, from which it can be seen that it was over 6 m high and 1.80 m thick. On the inside of the wall ran the parapet walk, which was protected by a stone parapet 0.50 m thick.
At a height of about 3 m to the right of the gate, a corner cuboid is covered with a stone cornice. Underneath is a mortised disc cross with the inscription in the four fields: "ORATE PRO VIRO L (...) O (...) BAR VRADE (...) ET VXORE ET XV PVUERIS EORVM" (Pray for the man L ...., his wife and their 15 children). It is apparently an invitation to prayer for a family who may have donated to the construction of the tower.
The curved hood dates from the 17th century.
literature
- Nikolaus Rodenkirchen: Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Warburg district, Münster 1939
- Elmar Nolte: On the secular building of the medieval city of Warburg , in: Die Stadt Warburg 1036–1986, published. by Franz Mürmann, Warburg 1986, p. 165
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 4.8 " N , 9 ° 8 ′ 41.2" E