Soldier tower
The soldier tower is a former defense tower of the Upper Swabian city of Memmingen .
location
The tower stands on the east side of the old town between the Kempter Tor and Lindauer Tor .
Appearance
The rectangular tower consists of tuff stone in the substructure and brick in the superstructure and has a gable roof . The battlements on the Hohe Wacht run through it .
history
The soldier tower comes from the second city expansion in the 14th century. It is one of five identical towers between the Hohe Wacht and the Lindauer Tor . Two collapsed during the city siege of 1647, and two more were demolished in the 19th century. The name was probably derived from the Red Barracks in front of it .
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and district of Memmingen (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959, ZDB -ID 256533-X , p. 32 .
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City gates
inlet |
Inner Kalchtor |
Kalchtor |
Kempter Gate |
Lindau Gate |
Lindentörlein |
Emergency center gate |
Obertor |
Ulm Gate |
Westertor
Defense towers Bettelturm |
Big pitch tower |
Harbor cover tower |
Witch tower |
Dungeon tower |
Small pitch tower |
Luginsland |
Powder Tower |
Dovetail tower |
Soldier Tower |
Water tower |
Welfenturm |
White flour sack |
Zwingerturm
Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '52 " N , 10 ° 10' 47.7" E