Türmersturm (Tauberbischofsheim)

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The tower tower of the former city castle, landmark of the city of Tauberbischofsheim

The Türmersturm is a former donjon as well as an accompanying tower of the fortifications of the city of Tauberbischofsheim in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg . The listed building, erected in the 13th century as a fortified tower , is now a landmark of the city.

location

The Türmersturm stands today at Schlossplatz 7 by the Kurmainzisches Schloss Tauberbischofsheim . The southernmost point of the city wall used to be here near the confluence of the Brehmbach in the Tauber , in other words in a defensible place.

history

The Türmersturm was built in the 13th century as the keep of a medieval town castle and was used to monitor the area. When the Tauberbischofsheimer Stadtburg was replaced by the Kurmainzische Schloss in the 16th century, only this keep was preserved from the former castle. The medieval city fortifications were increasingly removed with the beginning of modern times. In addition to the tower tower, only very small parts of the city wall and only a few of the up to 20 former city towers, for example the Hunger Tower on the neighboring Mühlkanal, have been preserved.

The Tauberbischofsheimer carpenter Josef Zugelder prevented the demolition of the tower tower through his resolute resistance in 1848. Zugelder was subsequently also called "Struwe" after the well-known radical 1948 revolutionary Gustav Struve. Because of this nickname, a street where his house used to be is now called "Struwepfad".

A model of Tauberbischofsheim around 1750, showing the tower tower as part of the overall historical fortification of the city, has been in the Tauberfränkisches Landschaftsmuseum since 2003 .

In the course of time it became a landmark of the town of Tauberbischofsheim, next to the tower of the parish church of St. Martin . Today it is a listed building .

architecture

Above a circular floor plan with a diameter at the bottom of around nine meters, the round tower rises with a not insignificant taper to a height of 37 meters. The outer walls are about two meters thick. Its entrance used to be eight meters high and could only be reached via a ladder. The Kurmainzische Schloss frames the tower tower from almost all sides. The Türmersturm is protected according to § 28 (building) of the Baden-Württemberg Monument Protection Act.

  • Views of the tower tower

  • Historical access at a height of eight meters

  • Today's access on the ground

  • Notice board next to the entrance to the tower

  • The Türmersturm, framed by the Kurmainzischen Schloss

  • The tower tower in a model of Tauberbischofsheim around 1750, with the then ten meter high city wall with over 20 towers

Others

The Türmersturm shaped the logo of the former Tauberbischofsheimer Zipf-Bräu for many decades . In 1929 Heinrich Zipf sent a request to the city of Tauberbischofsheim regarding the use of the city coat of arms and the tower tower for his brewery's logo for posters, documents and beer glasses . The municipal council approved this request.

literature

  • Franz Gehrig , Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim . Association of Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997, pp. 47–52 ( Castle and waiting towers ) and pp. 202–214 ( The end of the walls and towers ).
  • Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, pp. 208f. ( Attachment of the city fortifications ).

See also

Web links

Commons : Türmersturm (Tauberbischofsheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Tauberbischofsheim, Kurmainzisches Schloss. German Castle Archives, accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  2. ^ Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, pp. 208f. ( Attachment of the city fortifications ).
  3. ^ Franz Gehrig, Hermann Müller: Tauberbischofsheim . Association of Tauberfränkische Heimatfreunde e. V., Tauberbischofsheim 1997, pp. 202–214 ( The end of the walls and towers ).
  4. ^ A b Hugo Stang, Anton Ullrich, Wilhelm Ogiermann, Josef Kiefer, August Haun: Tauberbischofsheim. From the history of an old official town. Self-published by the city administration, Tauberbischofsheim 1955, p. 209.
  5. ↑ a b State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg: Directory of immovable architectural and art monuments and the objects to be examined . Regional Council Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2012.
  6. ↑ Fränkische Nachrichten: Beer Day - 85 years ago the Zipf brewery was founded in Tauberbischofsheim / barley juice was produced until 1993. Memories of Festbier and Raboll . April 23, 2015. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Brauhaus Faust oHG: Zipf, Tauberbischofsheim ( Memento of the original dated November 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Online at www.faust.de. Retrieved November 1, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.faust.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 16.6 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 42.3"  E