Wasemer tower

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The Wasemer Tower in 2015; here the side of the tower and gate ensemble facing the city center
The tower with the reconstructed new gate from the south

The Wasemer Turm is a round tower from the 13th century in Rheinbach that shapes the cityscape .

history

Today the tower is located in the city center on Martinstrasse and Prümer Wall; originally it was part of the medieval city fortifications. Erected from quarry stones and partly from Roman cast masonry that was obtained from the dismantling of the Roman canal that previously crossed the city area , it stood on the southwest corner of the city ​​wall, which was demolished in 1820 . The three-storey tower has unusually massive walls, an internal staircase and two chimneys. Access was via the battlement of the city wall. A massive crenellated wreath has been replaced by a roof hood in modern times.

The Wasemer Tower , which was formerly known as the “Gaseler” or “Baseller Turm” (1659) and “Waßer Turm” (1705), was the second highest defensive tower in the fortified city after the keep of the Rheinbacher Burg (the now free-standing witch's tower ). It was used as a prison in the 16th and 17th centuries.

In the 1980s, an earlier city gate, the Neutor, was archaeologically proven to be leaning against the tower to the east. This gate was probably built into the city wall that was closed here at the end of the 17th century. The foundations of a bridge were also found that enabled access to the Neutor via the moat that previously surrounded the city and was filled in in the 19th century. In 1983 the Neutor was rebuilt on the original foundations and connected to the Wasemer Tor .

Since 1973 the Wasemer Tower has been leased by the city to the Stadtsoldatencorps 1905 Rheinbach eV . The reconstructed Neutor was also made available to the Corps.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Website ( memento of April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of the Rhineland Nature Park
  2. ↑ Traces of the ancient aqueduct , September 11, 2008, Volksfreund.de
  3. ^ Paul Clemen, Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 2, L. Schwann, 1898, p. 348
  4. ↑ Klaus Fink, History of the Castle, the City and the Office of Rheinbach from the Beginnings to the End of the 18th Century: A Contribution to the Investigation of the Rhenish Small Town , Volume 59 of the Rhenish Archive, from: Publications of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies of the Rhineland of the University of Bonn , Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, 1965, p. 240
  5. ↑ Klaus Fink, Rheinbach unterm Krumstab: From life in a small town in the Electorate of Cologne, Volume 2 of the contributions to the history of the city of Rheinbach , ISBN 978-3-98061-7-611 , Rheinbacher Stadtarchiv, 2005, p. 34
  6. ^ Bonner Jahrbücher , Volume 186, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Association of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland, Verlag Butzon & Bercker, 1986, p. 666
  7. ^ Website of the Stadtsoldatencorps 1905 Rheinbach eV

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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 29.3 "  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 47.4"  E