City fortification Pöchlarn
The city fortification Pöchlarn is the city fortification in the municipality of Pöchlarn in the Melk district in Lower Austria .
history
The fortification of the city was probably started in the 12th century using the former Roman fortifications and expanded in the 14th century. Repaired after an ice rush in the Danube in 1690. Most of the city fortifications were removed from the 1850s, the Welsertor in 1854, the Wienertor in 1860, the city moat was filled in in 1885, the maiden tower at the Benefiziatenhaus was removed in 1893.
Duration
- Welser Tower , formerly a north-western corner tower, today a local museum, as a massive medieval round tower, with unplastered masonry partly with opus spicatum , with notch windows with remains of stone walls, partly with orthostats and plug-in grids, scaffolding holes. With the coat of arms of Bishop Heinrich IV of Apsperg in 1489. The Wels Tower was formerly the branch of the Wels merchants with the salt trade. The new roof attachment was made according to the plans of the architect Helmut Stefan Haiden in 1998.
- Original tower , formerly north-eastern corner tower, on the north side of the house at Wiener Straße No. 5, three-quarters round outstanding, the core from the 15th century.
- Burgerturm , at No. 10 Sandtorstraße , rectangular tower in the core from the 14th century, with battlements converted into a residential building.
literature
- Pöchlarn, city fortifications. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . P. 1695.
Web links
Commons : Stadtbefestigung Pöchlarn - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 43.6 " N , 15 ° 12 ′ 33" E