Malzdarre (Owl Tower)
| Malzdarre (Owl Tower) | |
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| place | Horn-Bad Meinberg |
| Construction year | around 1500 |
| height | 17.5 m |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 52 '16 " N , 8 ° 56' 45.9" E |
The Malzdarre , also known colloquially as the Owl Tower , is the last remaining defensive tower on the former city wall of Horn in the municipality of Horn-Bad Meinberg in North Rhine-Westphalia . It has been registered in the list of monuments of the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg since July 4, 1985 .
history
While the city walls were mentioned in documents as early as the 14th century, the four to seven defensive towers were only built at a later time. The malt kiln was built around 1500 on the southern part of the city wall. The new gate next to the tower was only opened in 1628. Formerly a tower between was Upper Gate (in the West) and new gate as Eulenturm or estimation stall or protecting stall called, this tower was dismantled after the fire. 1864
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Hornsche Braueramt used the malt kiln.
architecture
The three-storey tower has a diameter of 8.50 m and a height of 17.50 m. The wall thickness is between 1.80 m (towards the city) and 2.50 m. Originally access was via a staircase on the city wall on the first floor, during renovation work after 1864 the access was moved to the ground floor. A stone from the burned down town hall has been inserted above the entrance door, which bears the coat of arms of the town of Horn, Count Simon VI. and his second wife Elisabeth von Schaumburg as well as the year 1592. Openings on the second floor served as loopholes and lookouts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Buchner (Ed.): Stadtgeschichte Horn 1248–1998 (= special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe . Volume 53 ). Hütte-Verlag, Horn-Bad Meinberg 1997, p. 75-76 .
- ↑ CW Isermann: News and notes about the town of Horn and its inhabitants from the earliest times to the present . Hütte-Verlag, Horn-Bad Meinberg 1977, p. 7 .
- ^ Historical town center Horn-Bad Meinberg. ( Memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Monument of the Month - February 2011. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 8, 2011 ; Retrieved August 10, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
