Waterer (Lauingen)
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The water trap in Lauingen , a town in the Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube , was part of the former town fortifications . The defense tower at Donaustraße 30 is a protected architectural monument .
description
The waterer is first mentioned in 1336. The rectangular, three-storey tower with a gable roof is built on a trapezoidal floor plan. The passage is formed by pointed arch openings . On the city side, the floors are set back and on the first floor there are two small segmented arched windows, while the gable is windowless. On the field side, the archway is set in a rectangular panel. The first floor has no windows and the second floor has two rectangular windows with smooth wooden shutters. The recessed gable field has a smaller rectangular window. There are also two small square openings and one circular opening. Above this, two lions hold a small, empty terracotta cartridge under a crown. On the field side, two buttresses attached to the side with a stepped base support the tower. The passage, now only usable for pedestrians, is spanned by a plastered flat ceiling.
From the first floor facing the city, there is an east access to the battlement on the city wall .
literature
- Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII. District of Dillingen on the Danube . Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 , p. 583.
- Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia (arr.: Bruno Bushart, Georg Paula) . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 , p. 617 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '10.4 " N , 10 ° 25' 57.2" E