Prester residential tower
The residential tower Prester is a listed historic residential tower in the Magdeburg district of Prester .
The residential tower, located at Alt Prester 104 on the southern edge of Presters, in the immediate vicinity of the dike to the Elbe , was built in the early 16th century. An inscription on a coat of arms on the tower names the year 1520. The tower originally belonged to the patrician family Rode .
The tower is only two-story and built from rubble stones on a square floor plan. The vaulted ground floor is located above a low cellar. The floor above, which is intended for residential purposes, has several living rooms and is only accessible via an external staircase. The stairs could be pulled up earlier in case of danger. The roof is designed as a hipped roof .
literature
- Heinz Gerling : Monuments of the City of Magdeburg , Helmuth-Block-Verlag, Magdeburg 1991, ISBN 3-910173-04-4 , page 32
- Monument Directory Saxony-Anhalt, Volume 14, State Capital Magdeburg , State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86568-531-5 , page 48 f.
Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 4.7 " N , 11 ° 40 ′ 31.3" E