Luginsland (Memmingen)

The rest of the Luginsland on the inside of the city walls

The Luginsland was the highest defense tower in the Upper Swabian town of Memmingen . Like other Memmingen city towers, it was demolished in 1806 at the request of the French.

location

The tower was the eastern corner tower of the so-called Ulmer Vorstadt between the Bettelturm and the Ulmer Tor .

Appearance

The Luginsland was a round tower made of brick . The roof was also round, pulled up, closed with a small weather vane and covered with roof tiles. Under the roof there was a gallery with loopholes.

history

History board on the rest of the Luginsland

The Luginsland was built as a gun turret during the last city expansion in 1445. Its main purpose was to secure the adjacent Ulmer Tor and the city moat. It was the highest of the total of 30 towers (as of 1630) comprehensive defense system. For this reason it was also called Luginsland (High German: look into the country). At Napoleon's instigation, it had to be demolished in 1806 along with four other towers. Only the foundation walls made of tufa remained. A plaque on the city wall reminds of the former tower.

literature

• Bruno Bushart , Georg Paula : Handbook of German Art Monuments. Bavaria III: Swabia . Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , pp. 698 .
• Tilmann Breuer : City and district of Memmingen (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959, ZDB -ID 256533-X , p. 32 .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 21.1 ″  N , 10 ° 10 ′ 50.4 ″  E