Trutzbingen

The Trutzbingen is the ruin of a round tower on the outskirts of Münster-Sarmsheim in the direction of Bingen am Rhein . It is the remainder of a customs barrier that was built in 1493. The half-shell of a round tower has been preserved. Trutzbingen has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

history

After a city fire in Bingen in 1490, the city's magistrate tried to raise money by introducing market money to repair the damage. The fees were also collected by Münster-Sarmsheim and other places in the Electoral Palatinate . After an objection from the Münster-Sarmsheimer remained unsuccessful, they turned to the Elector of the Palatinate, Philip the Sincere . He created a new weekly market in Münster-Sarmsheim, which he had secured in 1493 by the customs barrier. It existed on a walled area with a ship landing stage and a round tower erected on a hill.

In 1504, during the Palatinate-Bavarian War of Succession , the Hessian Landgrave Wilhelm moved against Münster-Sarmsheim. He had the city bombarded and set on fire. The customs barrier was destroyed and the side of the round tower in the direction of Bingen was blown up.

literature

Horst V. Eisenhuth: The chronicle of the community Münster-Sarmsheim, Volume 4 of the Loreley Gallery, ISBN 3-926888-04-0

Web links

"Sights": Ruin "Stumpfer Turm", called Trutz Bingen from 1493 (2 photos) ( Memento from May 5, 2003 in the Internet Archive )

49.950841666667 7.8974861111111Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 53 ′ 51 ″ E