Schänzchen (Aachen)
The Schänzchen was a defense tower in the northeast of the outer city wall of the imperial city of Aachen . The building no longer exists today. It was torn down shortly after the city wall, which was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, was completed.
The defense tower was separated from the Sandkaultor within the city wall by the Heinzenturm, a hundred meters away , while the Kölntor was directly adjacent to it in the opposite direction . The Schänzchen is said to have been a strikingly massive square tower. According to the surveying data of the geometer Carl Rhoen , it had a side length of 13 meters and a depth of 11 meters.
Although the position of the tower is secured, contradictions arose in the form of the building. In the 19th century, Rhoen researched the outer city wall of Aachen. Due to the lower density of buildings at the time, he had the opportunity to precisely check the position of the building and its shape. He spoke of a square bulwark . In 1940 the remains of a semicircular tower were discovered during earthworks near the Schänzchen. It is still unclear whether these are remnants of the Schänzchen.
literature
- Bruno Lerho : The great Aachen city wall with gates and towers . Helios Verlag, Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-938208-37-6 .
- Carl Rhoen : The fortifications of the free imperial city of Aachen . Anton Creutzer, Aachen 1894, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-230540 ( ISL Aachen [PDF; accessed on May 7, 2016]).
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 45.1 ″ N , 6 ° 5 ′ 33.1 ″ E