Powder tower
A powder tower (sometimes also a powder house ) is a building used for military or mining purposes, often a tower , for the storage of gunpowder or later explosives , which was common until the 20th century. What was feared was the explosion of a powder tower, such as that which occurred during the Delft clap .
Buildings formerly used as a powder tower can be found in the following locations:
- Long Tower (Aachen)
- Powder turret in Aachen
- Powder Tower (Andernach)
- Powder Tower in Angermünde
- Powder Tower (Anklam)
- Powder Tower (Bad Bentheim)
- Powder tower in Bad Hersfeld
- Powder Tower (Bad Reichenhall)
- Powder Tower in Beeskow
- Powder Tower in Bernau
- Bremen powder towers
- Powder Tower (Burghausen)
- Malteserturm in Chur
- Powder Tower (Coesfeld)
- Powder Tower in Duderstadt
- Bone Tower in Einbeck
- Powder Tower in Fulda
- Powder Tower in Gartz
- Powder Tower in Gransee
- Powder Tower (Greiz)
- Färberturm (Gunzenhausen)
- Powder Tower (Jena)
- Powder Tower (Johanngeorgenstadt)
- Powder Tower (Krems)
- Powder Tower (Leutkirch im Allgäu)
- Powder Tower (Lindau)
- Powder Tower Lingen (Ems)
- Powder Tower (Linz on the Rhine)
- Powder Tower (Mainz)
- Powder Tower (Memmingen)
- Powder Tower (Meran)
- Powder Tower (Meschede)
- Powder tower in Mittenwalde
- Powder Tower (Munich)
- Buddenturm in Munster
- Powder Tower (Ochsenfurt)
- Powder Tower (Oldenburg)
- Powder Tower (Otjimbingwe) ( Namibia )
- Prague Powder Tower ( Prašná brána )
- Powder Tower (Quedlinburg)
- Powder Tower in Prenzlau
- Powder Tower / Anatomy Tower (Regensburg)
- Powder Tower (Rheinberg)
- Powder Tower (Riga) ( Pulvertornis )
- Powder tower of Rochsburg Castle ( Lunzenau )
- Powder Tower (Schlanders)
- Powder Tower in Seligenstadt
- Powder Tower in Senftenberg Castle
- Powder Tower in Stendal
- Powder Tower (Straubing)
- Powder Tower (Templin)
- Powder Tower in Treuenbrietzen
- Powder Tower (Vellberg)
- Powder Tower (Wiedenbrück)
- Powder Tower (Vienna)
- Powder Tower (Zofingen)
- Powder Tower in Zwickau
The powder tower (Demmin) is referred to as such, but was probably not used for this purpose.
Powder Tower in Prague
Powder tower in Oldenburg with remains of the old city wall
Wiedenbrück Powder Tower, exterior view
Powder tower in Landsberg am Lech
Powder Tower in Lindau
Powder Tower in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
Powder Tower in Riga
Powder Tower in Memmingen
Long tower in Aachen
Powder Tower in Linz on the Rhine
Powder tower in Rottenburg / Neckar
Powder Tower in Johanngeorgenstadt
Powder Tower in Otjimbingwe , Namibia
Powder Tower in Zofingen
Powder Tower in Zwickau
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