Ruprechtsturm (Oppenheim)
The Ruprecht Sturm (falsely also Schneiderturm is called) is a stone observation tower in the Rheinhessen Oppenheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was inaugurated on September 20, 1903 and is architecturally designed in the neo-Romanesque style.
The tower is named after the Roman-German king as well as the Count Palatine and Elector of the Electoral Palatinate Ruprecht (1352-1410). He spent the last weeks of his life at Landskron Castle in Oppenheim , where he died on May 18, 1410.
The Ruprechtsturm was built on the foundations of an older tower of the medieval city fortifications - the so-called Schneider tower . This came from the 13th century and got its name because it was maintained and defended by the tailors' guild . The tailor's tower (like the town of Oppenheim and Landskron Castle) was destroyed by French troops under Ezéchiel de Mélac on May 31, 1689 in the War of the Palatinate Succession .
The observation tower is currently not accessible to visitors and is a listed building .
See also
Web links
- The Ruprechtsturm on the website of the city of Oppenheim
- City fortifications and Ruprechtsturm on Regionalgeschichte.net.
- The city fortifications and the Ruprechtsturm of Oppenheim in the directory of cultural monuments in the Mainz-Bingen district (PDF; 1.6 MB)
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '21.4 " N , 8 ° 21' 18.7" E