Kallenturm (Rheinbach)

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The Kallenturm from the west side (originally city inside)

The Kallenturm in Rheinbach is one of the former seven towers of the medieval city fortifications. Today it is located in the city center (address: Kallenturm 8 ) on the corner of Löherstrasse and Grabenstrasse . The Rheinbach city wall , which was laid down in 1820, had, in addition to the rectangular Kallenturm, two round full towers (both also preserved: Hexenturm and Wasemer Turm ) and four semicircular towers that were demolished in the meantime.

history

The rectangular tower was probably built in the late 13th century. Outstanding from the city wall at that time, it has been known as the Kallenturm since 1604 , before (at least since 1501) it was called the Pfaffenturm ("Paffen thorn") - perhaps due to its location on the Fronhof of the Prüm Abbey . The tower secured the passage of the Mühlenbach through the city wall, which the later name indicates: Kalle, an expression for a water channel . In addition to its defensive function, the Kallenturm was also used as a prison and for residential purposes.

Originally, the quarry stone tower had a cellar with a high ground floor, a covered upper floor and an uncovered and parapet , further floor. On the first floor, loopholes in the form of key notches (appearance of inverted keyholes) were walled in, and access was via an outside staircase. Around the turn of the 17th century, the top floor was expanded and a hipped roof was put on . This projectile received slit-like loopholes. In 1852 a fourth (brick) storey was added, and the tower was expanded to include an annex, also made of bricks, to give it its current floor plan. From around the time until the end of the Second World War , the tower was used as a police station, with some rooms in the tower also being used as prison cells. Since 1969 the operating association of the Rheinbacher St. Georgspfadfinder ( Georgsring eV ) has leased the tower as the organization's home. Significant restoration work was carried out on the building in 1970 and 2009/2010.

The Kallenturm is a listed building.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Klaus Fink, Rheinbach unterm Krumstab: From life in a small town in the Electorate of Cologne , Volume 2 of the contributions to the history of the city of Rheinbach , Rheinbacher Stadtarchiv, 2005, p. 36
  2. ↑ Heinz Stoob, Erich Keyser (ed.), German City Book: Handbook of Urban History , Volume 3, Part 3, Kohlhammer, 1939, p. 361
  3. ↑ Heinz Stoob, Erich Keyser (Ed.), German City Book: Handbook of Urban History , Volume 3, Part 3, Kohlhammer, 1939, p. 175
  4. ↑ a b A tour through Rheinbach , two-page folder of the city of Rheinbach, city archive (ed.), Eifel- and Heimatverein and city of Rheinbach (red), Dieter Deindörfer (graphic), Rheinbach 2011
  5. ↑ a b c Kallenturm funding project ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Georgsring eV, association for the promotion of the Georgspfadfinderschaft in Rheinbach  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.georgsring.de
  6. ↑ Volker Jost, Kallenturm: Fugue by Fugue is being repaired , August 13, 2009, Kölnische Rundschau (online)
  7. ↑ List of monuments according to § 3 Paragraph 6 DSchG

Web links

Commons : Kallenturm  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '34.7 "  N , 6 ° 57' 4.6"  E