Triva tower
The Triva tower is a classical fortress of the Ingolstadt fortress . It is part of the fortification at the bridgehead and served as the eastern flank tower of the Reduit Tilly . Today it houses the Bavarian Police Museum .
history
It was built in a circular style between 1828 and 1841 and is named after the Bavarian general and minister of war Johann Nepomuk von Triva . The exterior design comes mainly from Leo von Klenze . The head of Medusa, which was previously located above the portal and can no longer be found since the renovation, was made by the Munich sculptor Ernst Mayer (as were the 26 lion's head gargoyles in the cornice above the courtyard of the Reduit Tilly ).
The dimensions of the elongated oval fortress with inner courtyard are 50 m × 79 m, the thickness of the walls is up to 4 meters. Originally, the building with its 58 gun casemates on two levels served to keep an approaching enemy at a distance. Between 1889 and 1890 the Triva tower was converted into a barracks after another fort belt had been built around Ingolstadt. After the Second World War , the building, like many other fortresses in Ingolstadt, served as an emergency shelter for displaced persons and refugees . Later it housed vocational training centers, later various commercial enterprises, including a paper recycling company.
Todays use
The renovation of the building began in 1988 and was completed in 1992, at the beginning of the State Garden Show . The Triva tower is in Klenzepark .
Since December 19, 2011, the building has been used as a space for the Bavarian Police Museum .
Web links
- State building authority Ingolstadt over the tower Triva.
Individual evidence
- ↑ von Söltl, Johann Michael , in: Die bildende Kunst in München , Verlag J. Lentner, Munich, 1842, pp. 469–471
- ↑ Bavarian Police Museum , sueddeutsche.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 26 ′ 7 ″ E