Zewener Tower
| Zewener Tower | |
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| place | Trier-Zewen |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Construction year | Early 13th century |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 '57 " N , 6 ° 34' 28.9" E |
The so-called Zewener Tower is a fortification and customs station from the 13th century in the Zewen district of Trier , which was originally on the border with Luxembourg .
history
The exact builder is not known. Archbishop Poppo (1016-1047), Archbishop Eberhard (1047-1066), and Archbishop Balduin (1307-1351) are mentioned as possible builders. Various comparable protective and defense systems are also assigned to the latter. What is certain is that it originated around the 13th century.
The tower changed hands several times over the years. The first floor was divided into two floors for residential purposes and received rectangular windows. Today the tower is part of a group of houses on the corner of Kanzelstrasse / Turmstrasse / Wasserbilliger Strasse. It was built at the beginning of the 13th century and auctioned as Dominalgut in 1804. The tower house was secured by a moat that is still partially visible today.
architecture
Even today, the inside of the tower reminds us that the tower was formerly a waiting or defense tower, as already existed in Franconian times. It served as a weir to the Luxembourg border. Narrow loopholes can be seen in all four walls.
Architecturally, it is a three-storey building of 6 × 6 m external dimensions with a wall thickness of 1.10 m. It is a quarry sandstone building with strong corner blocks, which is plastered with a thin layer. Presumably it also had a gable roof earlier. The entrance was on the second floor on the northeast side. It is a large, rounded, closed door with uneven stone blocks and a simple bevel. The narrow rectangular windows with a wide slope are equipped with seating niches on the inside. The window next to the door is equipped with an observation hole in the stone bench.
A depiction by Johann von Schönenberg from 1589 even shows the tower with two ladders, one on the southwest side. The door is now covered by a newer extension. In addition, the tower house was secured by a moat that is partially visible today.
See also
literature
- Walter Janssen: Studies on the desert issue in the Franconian old settlements between the Rhine, Moselle and the north edge of the Eifel . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1975, DNB 750284536 (2 volumes, text and catalog).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Entry on the so -called Zewener Tower in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.