Powder Tower (Linz on the Rhine)
The Powder Tower is a south- western corner tower of the city fortifications of Linz am Rhein . The Powder Tower was built with the rest of the city fortifications between 1302 and 1329. It was used to store gunpowder . The round tower has been preserved to this day, while the nearby Leetor and much of the rest of the city's defenses were demolished in 1861.
The tower stands as a cultural monument under monument protection .
Individual evidence
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 26 (PDF; 6.4 MB; see Am Gestade 9 ).
Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 50.25 " N , 7 ° 16 ′ 46.65" E