Raven Tower Wiener Neustadt
The Rabenturm is located at Beethovengasse 17 in the municipality of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria . The former defense tower of the city fortifications of Wiener Neustadt and the side walls of the western city wall are under monument protection ( list entry ).
The tower is used as a booth by the fraternity Germania zu Wiener Neustadt .
architecture
The Rabenturm is a so-called intermediate tower of the western city wall, between the completely demolished Fischauer-Tor / Neutor at the entrance to Herzog-Leopold-Straße and the southern corner tower, later expanded to form the Wiener Neustadt casemates .
The three-storey intermediate tower, built from rubble and bricks, shows bosses at the corners. The city wall shows biform windows from the early 13th century north of the tower.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Wiener Neustadt, city fortification with plan and location of the Rabenturm p. 2596, city fortification Rabenturm, p. 2602.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 43.4 " N , 16 ° 14 ′ 20.4" E