Blunt Tower (Münden)

Blunt tower on the Kasseler Schlagd

The Stumpfe Turm is a former defense tower in Hann. Münden in southern Lower Saxony . The 9.1 meter high tower belonged to the medieval city ​​fortifications of Münden and was built as a wall tower of the city ​​wall . The walls of the tower are 2.5 meters thick.

The tower is located on the west side of the medieval town center. In this area the city wall ran roughly in a north-south direction. To the west of the tower is the Kasseler Schlagd with the Fulda . From the Stumpfen Turm there were the next fortifications on the city wall to the south with the seven-tower that no longer existed and to the north with the Tanzwerderpforte, which was also no longer there.

See also

• Thin tower
• Ferry gate tower
• Hampescher Tower
• Rotunda Münden
• Brick gate tower

literature

• Johann Dietrich Pezold: The old fortifications of the city in: History on the three rivers. A glimpse into the past of the city of Hann. Münden on Werra, Fulda and Weser , Hann. Münden, 2001, pp. 16-20

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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 58.7 "  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 54.6"  E