Butcher Tower (Ulm)

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Butcher's tower behind today's Ulm city wall on the Danube

The Metzgerturm in Ulm is a still preserved city ​​gate of the medieval city fortifications on the Danube . The square brick tower with pointed arch gates was built around 1340 as an outlet from the Hohenstaufen city ​​fortifications to the Stadtmetzig in front of it , the city's slaughterhouse. The upper floor with a cantilevered arch is closed off by a steep hipped roof.

At a height of about 36 m, the butcher's tower is inclined by 2.05 m to the northwest, which corresponds to an inclination of 3.3 ° (for comparison Leaning Tower of Pisa : 3.97 °). The cause is a subsequent subsidence of the swampy subsoil.

According to legend, the inclination of the tower was caused by the corpulent butchers locked up there huddled in a corner for fear of punishment for inferior goods when the angry mayor entered.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Koepf: Ulmer Profanbauten . Research on the history of the city of Ulm (Ed. Stadtarchiv Ulm), Volume 4, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007078-9 , p. 164
  2. ↑ Tourist information from the city of Ulm
  3. ↑ Legend about the Ulm Butcher's Tower

literature

  • Hans Koepf : Ulmer profane buildings . Research on the history of the city of Ulm (Ed. Stadtarchiv Ulm), Volume 4, W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007078-9 , p. 164

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Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 45.6 "  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 37.8"  E