Windmill Tower (Neuss)

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The windmill tower is a former defense tower near the Obertor and the New City Garden in Neuss . It dates from the 13th century.

The windmill in an illustration from 1477

The tower can be seen on a woodcut from 1477. It served as a windmill until 1849. The robber chief Mathias Weber was imprisoned here in 1796, but escaped by jumping from a height of 7 m.

In 1880, a 416 m 3 water tank was installed at a height of 30 to 35 m and the tower of the Neuss waterworks on Weingartstrasse was used as a water tower . The tower survived the Second World War almost undamaged.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.neuss-marketing.de/lebendige-city/sehenswuerdheiten/windmuehlenturm/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.verkehrsverein-neuss.de/fileadmin/images/Fotos_Sehensw%C3%BCrdigkeiten_Neu/City_Guide.pdf
  3. ↑ a b c http://www.karl-heinz-burghartz.de/unsere-stadt/windmuehlenturm/index.html

Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 49 ″  E