Sack tower
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The Sackturm is a watchtower built around 1443 for the medieval fortifications of the city of Warburg, first mentioned around 1226 .
It was built a few years after the two cities of Old Town and New Town were united in 1436, in particular to control the nearby Wartburg . It thus had a similar function to, for example, the flour sack in Ravensburg . At the same time he secured the Sack Gate of the same name, already mentioned in 1355, the western exit of the old east-west trade route "Im Sack" from the city.
The upper storey of the tower is highlighted by a surrounding cornice and possessed - according to the preserved corbels - balcony-like structures for the tower guards in all four directions. On the west side there is also a well-preserved sandstone bay as a lookout point halfway up. The curved hood dates from the 17th century.
The pointed arched sack gate next to the tower still carries part of the former battlements from which the tower is accessible. On the field side there is a niche above the gate, which contains a figure of St. Peter and thus refers to the former St. Peter's Church located in front of the gate on the Hüffert .
literature
- Nikolaus Rodenkirchen: Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Warburg district. Munster 1939.
- Elmar Nolte: On the secular building of the medieval city of Warburg. In: Franz Mürmann (ed.): The city of Warburg 1036–1986. Warburg 1986, p. 165.
- Heiko Bewermeyer: The Warburger Petristiege. Warburg 2017.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 16.2 " N , 9 ° 8 ′ 37.7" E