Rothenburg Tower

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Rothenburg Tower
Map of Braunschweig with the course of the Landwehr.
The Rothenburg Tower.
The course of the Braunschweiger Landwehr is marked in blue.

The Rothenburg Tower was one of seven defensive towers of the Braunschweiger Landwehr , the medieval outer fortification of the city of Braunschweig . It was located southwest of the former city limits, in what is now the Weststadt district , north of the Broitzem district .

history

The area between the Rothenburg Tower and Braunschweig city center around 1840
The “Zur Rothenburg” inn in 2011

After the City Council in 1376 decided to build an outer defensive wall in the Brunswick region with the militia, far ahead of the actual city fortifications, one was around 1381 or 1385 dungeon built. The tower was about three miles southwest of the city gates.

During the frequent clashes between the city of Braunschweig and the dukes of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , the keep was destroyed several times by ducal troops: in 1492 by Heinrich the Elder (1463-1514) and in 1550 by Heinrich the Younger (1489-1568).

When in September 1604, during a violent inner-city conflict, the Brunswick mayor Henning Brabandt (around 1550-1604) fled the city, he was caught by his opponents at the Rothenburg Tower and a few days later, on September 17, 1604, after cruel torture executed on the Hagenmarkt .

At the end of the 18th century the Landwehr lost its military importance. The defense towers, including the Rothenburg, were razed . The outbuildings went into private ownership and served as an inn. In 1780 the Rothenburg was first mentioned as an inn and in the 19th century the innkeeper was able to collect road money from travelers , a kind of toll .

In the middle of the 20th century, the Rothenburg inn was located on almost completely undeveloped land, between the Braunschweig city center and the municipality of Broitzem, which was independent until 1974. Due to the construction of the Weststadt since the 1960s, the site is now fully integrated into the built-up urban area of ​​Braunschweig. The Rothenburg is still used today as an inn.

literature

  • Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 113 .
  • Julius Reissner: The Landwehr in old Braunschweig . In: Braunschweigischer Kalender 1968. Meyer, Braunschweig 1968.
  • Carl Wilhelm Sack : The fortification of the city of Braunschweig . In: Archives of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony . Historical Association for Lower Saxony (Ed.), Verlag Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1847.
  • Hans-Adolf Schultz: The Landwehr of the city of Braunschweig. Their course in the light of the latest research . In: Braunschweigische Heimat . 40th year, volume 3, E. Appelhans & Co., Braunschweig 1954, pp. 73-77.

Web links

Commons : Rothenburg (Braunschweig)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Jonas Meier : The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Braunschweig . Volume 2, Herzogl. Braunschweigische Bau-Direction (Ed.), Julius Zwissler Publishing House, Wolfenbüttel 1900, p. 290.
  2. ^ Carl Wilhelm Sack: The fortification of the city of Braunschweig . P. 308.
  3. ↑ Karl HG Venturini : The Duchy of Braunschweig in its previous and present condition . Verlag C. G. Fleckeisen, Helmstedt 1847, p. 192.

Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 23.7 "  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 44"  E