Obertorturm
The Obertorturm in Schaffhausen's old town was first mentioned in a document in 1273 as “zem obern tor”. It is the oldest preserved building of the city fortifications.
As the residential tower of the noble family of the Fridbolt , it formed the western entrance to the city fortifications . All goods that were transported on the Rhine from Lake Constance to Basel or vice versa had to be reloaded onto wagons because of the inaccessible rapids and the Rhine Falls . The goods that were transported from the Schifflände via Vordergasse to the Rhine Falls had to pass the Obertor. In 1461 the former mayor Hans Friedbold sold the tower to the city. In 1513 it was raised to its current height of 47 meters. The original height can be easily recognized by the different colored corner stones. The south side of the first floor also received a Romanesque double window. In the same year two late Gothic oriels were added to the roof . From then on, the tower served as a high watch. In the event of fire or when armed troops marched, the guard had to ring the storm bell.
The bulwark on the west side from the years 1638/39 ( Thirty Years War ) was razed in 1845 . In 1853 the ogival gate was demolished and in 1922 the centuries-old high watch on the tower was lifted. In 1934 the interior of the tower was redesigned: ten floors and a floor were built. A transformer station was also built into the tower. The passage for pedestrians was created in 1939/40.
See also
Other preserved structures of the former medieval city fortifications of Schaffhausen are:
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- Information board on the building
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Coordinates: 47 ° 41 '48.2 " N , 8 ° 37' 54.4" E ; CH1903: six hundred eighty-nine thousand five hundred sixty-six / 283,581