Schlayerturm

Fronveste (center left) and Schlayerturm (center right), seen from the east

Schlayerturm (left), Kettensteg and Gasthaus “Kettensteg”, seen from the northeast

Schlayerturm (field side, seen from the southwest)

The Schlayerturm is a wall tower in the west of the last Nuremberg city ​​fortifications .

Location and surroundings

The tower stands in the middle of the outflow of the Pegnitz on a small river island. In the south, the Fronveste is built to bridge the southern arm of the Pegnitz. In the north there is the bridge over the northern arm of the Pegnitz to the Hallertürlein, which was built at the end of the 15th century as a massive walkway made of sandstone blocks and with a gable roof.

history

The mighty square tower was built in 1419–1422 as a square sandstone block building with a pointed, eight-sided tent roof and bears the old name "Green F". Together with the Fronveste it protected the Pegnitz outflow. In 1519 weaknesses in the foundation were discovered and the tower height was reduced.

The tower was badly damaged during World War II. During the reconstruction, the original height of the tower was restored using contemporary images.

From the nearby Maxbrücke you can see the fortifications like in Albrecht Dürer's watercolors: the city wall, the Hallertürlein , the Schlayerturm and the Pegnitz flowing past.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Object description from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
2. ^ Helge Weingärtner: Schlayerturm . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 , p. 935 ( complete edition online ).

Web links

Commons : Schlayerturm (Nürnberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• View of the Pegnitz outflow in the Bien map

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '15.6 "  N , 11 ° 4' 14.7"  E