Lueg ins Land (Munich)
The Lueg ins Land (pronounced Luag ), also known as the Lugerturm or Luegerturm , was a defense tower of the second city wall of medieval Munich . Lueg ins Land is also the name of the street that leads from the Isartor to the site of the only partially preserved tower.
location
The Lueg ins Land was about 200 m north of the Isartor at the point where the city wall coming from the Isartor turned to the west. This is the place where the two streets Marienstraße and Lueg ins Land meet at approximately right angles and where the Vindelikerhaus is located at Marienstraße 21 .
history
The Lueg ins Land was probably built in the period from 1330 to 1337 together with the Isartor. It was first mentioned in documents in 1343 as "ad Luoger turrim". As the name suggests, it served as a watch and observation tower for the Munich apron facing the Isar. When the Zwingermauer was built, a round turret was placed in front of him, which was called the Prinzessturm from the 19th century onwards.
At times, the Lueg ins Land served as a prison, as a sobering tower and in the 18th century as a warehouse for saltpeter , a component of gunpowder .
In 1807 the tower was demolished.
description
The Lueg ins Land was a slender tower with a base of about 5 × 5 m and a height of about 20 m. The upper floor was made of wood and protruded over the stone walls. A steep roof rose above it.
Part of the north wall of the tower, which is now part of the south wall of the Vindelikerhaus, is still preserved. The current outside was originally the inside of the tower wall. This can also be seen from the only remaining loopholes .
In front of the Vindelikerhaus, the earlier layout of the Lueg ins Land is marked with red paving stones on the sidewalk. A fresco on the outer wall gives an approximate, but imaginative, impression of the appearance of the tower. A commemorative plaque remarks: “Here the watchtower Lueg stood in the country, so called because of its distant view.” The two dates mentioned there (1374 for the construction date, 1802 for the demolition) are historically not tenable.
literature
- Heinrich Habel, Johannes Hallinger, Timm Weski: State capital Munich . Center. In: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (Hrsg.): Monuments in Bavaria - independent cities and districts . tape I.2 / 1 . Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87490-586-2 , p. 523,570 .
- Michael Weithmann: Castles in Munich . Medieval castles and walls, gates and towers in and around Munich. Stiebner Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8307-1036-4 , The solid city of Munich, p. 99-148, 126 f .
Web links
The Vindelikerhaus am Lueg into the country. KDSt.V. Vindelicia, accessed May 3, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmuth Stahleder : Duke and citizen town. In: Richard Bauer , City Archives Munich (ed.): Chronicle of the City of Munich. Volume 1: The years 1157–1505. Hugendubel, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-88034-835-9 , p. 123.
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 8.3 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 56.8" E