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View of the bell tower from Katharinenstrasse
This is how the tower at the head of Wagnerstrasse presents itself

The Schellenturm (originally called Kastkellereiturm because the manorial property was administered there) is one of the sparse remains of the Stuttgart city ​​fortifications. It was named after the bell workers, condemned convicts who were used in public labor service and wore bells on their clothes.

history

City map of Stuttgart, Matthäus Merian, 1643. - Below (marked with L): Leonhardsvorstadt. Today's Schellenturm is the southernmost tower of the city fortifications around the Leonhardtsvorstadt.

The Schellenturm was built in 1564 and is located on the southern edge of the Bohnenviertel in Stuttgart-Mitte at Weberstrasse 72. Today only the course of Königstrasse in the north and the Eberhardstrasse (extension of Karlstrasse) in the south on the other hand. At the end of the 14th century, Count Eberhard der Milde had a suburb, the Esslinger- or Leonhardsvorstadt, named after the Leonhardskapelle, built to the south of this city wall, which occupied a large area around today's Leonhardskirche and reached as far as the Schellenturm. Today this is the last part of this historical walling. In his early days he was dedicated to a storage device.

In the course of its history, the tower has often lacked capacity. Instead, he was repeatedly neglected. In the 19th century a two-story building was added and the tower was used for residential purposes from then on. In 1811 further decay was slowed down and the half-timbering on the upper floor was exposed during the necessary renovations. In the same year, the tower was renamed from Kastkellereiturm to Schellenturm , after the Schellenturm originally located on the corner of Weberstrasse and Kanalstrasse had been demolished. In 1906 the tower was renovated again.

In the 1910s, the socialist politician and trade unionist Friedrich Westmeyer used the tower to illustrate the desolate conditions in Stuttgart's housing system by finding that the poor people's kitchen was in the stairwell at that time. In 1911 his book, Das Wohnungselend in Stuttgart, was published . In 1944 (during World War II ) the Schellenturm was destroyed except for its massive stump. Its restructuring followed the model of the state of 1906.

The tower was scheduled for demolition from the 1950s, which was not carried out. Stuttgart business people, united to form the “Gemeinnützige Denkmalstiftung GmbH”, financed the renewed restoration of the historic tower in the years 1978–79. On June 14, 1980 it was ceremoniously presented to the citizens of Stuttgart with a speech and tribute by Mayor Manfred Rommel . Since then, the "Schellenturm wine bar" has also been housed here. The premises are leased by the non-profit monument foundation (owner).

Further remains of the city fortifications

  • From the city wall, which was built in 1456, a piece of wall from 1563 remained (between Paulinenstrasse and Sophienstrasse).
  • A fragment has also been preserved on the rear of the old theater

See also

literature

  • Martin Wörner, Gilbert Lupfer and Ute Scholz, Architectural Guide Stuttgart, Dietrich Reimer-Verlag Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-496-01290-0
  • Werner Skrentny, Rolf Schwenker, Sybille Weitz, Ulrich Weitz: Stuttgart on foot . Silberburg-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-87407-813-9 .
  • The Schellenturm in the Bohnenviertel - the way to reconstruct a medieval building , Mögel and Führer, Stuttgart 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schellenturm on stgt.com accessed on May 27, 2012
  2. ↑ Architecture Guide Stuttgart, p. 44
  3. ↑ Skrentny, p. 66

Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E