Piast Tower (Opole)

The Piast Tower

The Piastenturm is a historical tower on the Oder island Pascheke south of the old town of Opole . In the vernacular it was also known as "Proskes asparagus".

history

The Opole Castle with the Piast Tower in an engraving from 1777

The Piast was the end of the 13th century under the Piast Opole Casimir I built. Therefore, the tower is one of the oldest architectural monuments in Poland. The tower was actually built in the Gothic style, with a cone-shaped helmet. The crowning of the spire has often changed. In 1880 it was a granite top, from 1906 a conical tower roof and from 1934 a zinc cone. In 1957 an 11 meter high spire was added to the Piast Tower. The Piast Tower was originally part of the Piast Castle , which was demolished in 1931. In place of the Piast Castle, a modern government building was built for the Opole administrative district from 1932 to 1936 . The tower was included in the complex and redesigned. Today the building is the seat of the Voivodeship Administration of the Opole Voivodeship .

The round brick building has a three meter thick masonry and is 42 meters high, with the spire even 51 meters. On top of it there is a wind vane with the Piast eagle.

The 162 steps in the Piast Tower lead to the viewing platform, which is open to tourists in summer. After a renovation, a multimedia presentation with several history stations was installed inside the tower.

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  Condition before 1906

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  With the former palace and garden around 1910

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  Aerial view of the demolition work on the Piast Castle in 1931

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  Piast Tower in the mid-1930s

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  Seen from the town hall tower (2011)

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  Refurbished interior of the Piast Tower (2014)

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  View from the Piastenturm to the old town of Opole

See also

• Piast tower in Cieszyn

Web links

Commons : Piastenturm (Opole)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Article on the Piast Tower (in Polish)

literature

• Danuta Emmerling: Opole travel guide . Schlesischer Verlag, ISBN 83-915371-6-1 , pp. 6-9.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrzej Hamada: Architecture of Opole in the historical cityscape. Oficyna Piastowska, Opole 2008, ISBN 978-83-89357-45-8 .
2. ↑ Anna Będkowska-Karmelita: guide to the Opole region. Alkazar, Opole 2009, ISBN 978-83-925591-3-9 , p. 20.

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 2 ″  N , 17 ° 55 ′ 10 ″  E