Small pitch tower

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The moat in the southeast. The rectangular tower on the right was the small pitch tower.

The Kleine Pechturm was a defense tower of the Upper Swabian city ​​of Memmingen . It was canceled in 1806.

location

The tower stood on the east side of the old town between the large Pechturm and the water art .

Appearance

The tower was built of tuff at the bottom and brick at the top . It was rectangular and had a gable roof . The battlements led through him.

history

The tower came from the second city expansion in the 14th century. It was intended as a defense tower for the Frauenkirche behind it. It was never destroyed because the area in front of it was impassable by the Haienbach . The water was dammed up and so became swollen water , into which one sank immediately. The tower had to be demolished in 1806 at the instigation of the French.

literature

  • Günther Bayer: Memmingen in old views. Graphic and pictorial representations of the imperial city and its surroundings from 5 centuries . Verlag Memminger Zeitung, Memmingen 1979, p. 44 .

Web links

Commons : Stadtbefestigung Memmingen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 52.6 ″  N , 10 ° 11 ′ 3.2 ″  E