Bone tower
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The bone tower is a tower remainder of the former medieval city fortifications of Einbeck . It stands a few meters north of the minster church .
The tower was probably built as a powder tower at the beginning of the 15th century as part of the expansion of the city fortifications. It is comparable to the well-preserved Powder Tower on Sonnenhaken, which was built on two floors between 1405 and 1407. The bone tower is 4.85 meters wide and five meters deep. The floor plan is rounded with a straight side towards the city. The approximately 1.50 meter wide city wall connected to the west and east. An inventory from 1756 shows that powder kegs were stored in the lower and upper floors of the tower.
Around 1890 many bones were found during the construction of the adjacent Stiftstrasse over the razed fortifications and parts of the monastery cemetery. Since these were temporarily stored in the tower ruins as an ossuary , it has been popularly referred to as the bone tower since then . During renovation work in 2010, which was accompanied by urban archaeological assistance , the 1.50 meter high backfill inside was removed and dug almost two meters deep. There was a large fireplace with a floor covering from the 17th or 18th century. There were also indications that the roof was covered with slate .
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- Bone tower is currently being renovated . Einbecker Morgenpost from May 18, 2010.
- Information board of the city archeology and the monument protection office attached to the building.
- Andreas Heege: Powder tower and mortar production. (PDF; 258 kB) In: Einbeck in the Middle Ages. An archaeological-historical search for traces. ( online ).
Web links
- Voices from the bone tower: a haunted story. Einbecker Morgenpost dated August 9, 2011.
- The last structural reference to the St. Alexandri Abbey District. Einbecker Morgenpost dated December 6, 2010.
- The Einbeck city fortifications.
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 17 ″ N , 9 ° 52 ′ 6 ″ E