Sachsenhausen Control Center

Sachsenhausen Control Center

The Sachsenhausen waiting tower is one of the five historical waiting towers in what is now the city of Frankfurt am Main . The Sachsenhausen observatory was the southernmost of the four towers of the Frankfurt Landwehr built in the 14th century and was destroyed several times. The 16th century watch tower, which has been completely preserved to the present day, stands on the southern edge of the buildings in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt in southern Main on Darmstädter Landstrasse .

history

In Sachsenhausen, the wooden observation tower initially located on the Mühlberg was replaced in 1414 by a new, stone observation tower on the higher Sachsenhausen mountain . However, this was already destroyed in 1416 on behalf of the Archbishop of Trier Werner von Falkenstein (1388–1418), because he was of the opinion that the control room was located in the Dreieich wilderness area .

Under military guard and thanks to a letter of protection from Emperor Friedrich III. In the years 1470/71 a new control room was built on the highest point of the road leading to the south.

The Sachsenhausen control center was twice at war. She survived the feud between the city of Frankfurt and Franz von Sickingen in 1519 undamaged. During the second attack in 1552 during the siege of Frankfurt in the Prince's War, however, it became clear that, like the rest of the Landwehr, it was no match for large armies; Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg burned down the Sachsenhausen control room.

It was rebuilt, has been preserved to this day and is currently used as a restaurant and inn. Southwest in front of the watch tower is the Boehlepark , north of the watch tower is the south cemetery . There were also plans to convert the control room into a touristic museum and cultural center, but these plans were revised.

Sachsenhausen Control Center

coat of arms

sign

literature

• Friedrich Bothe: History of the city of Frankfurt am Main . Verlag Wolfgang Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-8035-8920-7
• Vinz de Rouet: I love Sachsenhausen! 33 reasons to love Sachsenhausen. Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-86931-738-0

Web links

Commons : Sachsenhausen waiting  - collection of pictures

• Sachsenhausen waiting for warttürme.de
• State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (ed.): Sachsenhausen waiting In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Falk map of Frankfurt a. M./Offenbach a. M, Falk Verlag, Ostfildern 2011

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 28 ″  E