Cowherd Tower (Quedlinburg)

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Cowherd Tower

The Kuhhirtenturm , also known as the Turm opm Tittenplan , is a medieval defense tower belonging to the listed city ​​fortifications of the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The tower is located in the eastern part of the old city fortifications of the historic Quedlinburger Neustadt on the east side of the street Hinter der Mauer, at the confluence with Kaiserstraße.

History and architecture

The defense tower was built around 1170. A renovation took place around 1340, another around 1900.

The background to the designation as a cowherd's tower and a possible connection with animal husbandry are unknown. The slim roof spire crowning the tower with several oriels is striking.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Information  in the German Digital Library
  2. ^ Information from the picture index of art and architecture of the German Documentation Center for Art History
  3. Information on the homepage of the city of Quedlinburg
  4. Thomas Wozniak, Quedlinburg in the 14th and 16th centuries: A social topographical comparison , Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 9783050060491 , page 237

Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 13.6 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 3.5 ″  E