Laer tower ruin
The Laer tower ruin, also known as the watch tower , is located on a mountain in the city of Meschede . It is located in the Ruhr Valley nature reserve near Laer . It is an early example of a neo-Gothic building in Westphalia.
The ruin is located in the so-called Buchholz around 600 m west of Laer Castle , 300 m north of the district of Windhäuser and 2 km east of the Stesser Castle .
The building was commissioned by Prince-Bishop Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen around 1764 in connection with other building measures at Laer Castle. At that time it was in a park that belonged to Schloss Laer. The Laer tower ruins are now in the middle of the forest and can only be reached via forest paths.
Earlier ogival window openings have long been walled up. The building is one of the few and particularly early examples of neo-Gothic influences from England that are present in Westphalia.
The former crenellated tower originally gave the impression of being the last remnant of an old castle. This ruin character was typical of the English gothic garden architecture. In contrast to baroque parks, for example, the tower was not located in the axis extension of the road leading to the castle , but slightly offset from it.
literature
- Peter Vormweg: The neo-Gothic in the Westphalian church building. Lindenberg im Allgäu 2013, p. 25.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 50.3 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 51.2" E