Jerusalem Tower

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Jerusalem Tower

The Jerusalem Tower is a well-fortified residential tower in the city of Trier at the Domfreihof. He is the oldest building of the 11th century built medieval Assembly " Palais Walderdorff ".

Map of the fortified residential complexes in the high medieval Trier
Jerusalem tower at night
City model of Trier around 1800; The Jerusalem Tower can be seen near number 4.

The tower originally had four or five floors. In the course of time, however, the upper floors were removed. Today the upper floor of the tower is used as the wedding hall of the registry office.

In Trier there were probably seven or eight such well-fortified residential towers, of which, besides the Jerusalem tower, only the Dreikönigenhaus and the Frankenturm have survived.

literature

  • Lukas Clemens : Trier around 1120. Prolegomena to attempt a city reconstruction . In: Finds and excavations in the district of Trier 30 (1998), pp. 91-108.
  • Franz-Josef Knöchel: Fortified residential complexes in medieval Trier . In: Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch 42 (2002), pp. 85–103 (“Jerusalem Tower”: pp. 92–93, online ; PDF; 1.1 MB).

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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 25.4 "  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 31.2"  E