Scheibleinsturm, Weißenburg
Facts and practical information
The Scheibleinsturm is a tower of the city wall of the Middle Franconian town of Weißenburg in Bavaria. The building is registered as a monument in the Bavarian monument list under the monument number D-5-77-177-392.
The tower was built in the 14th or 15th century and is located in the old town of Weissenburg on the section of the city moat, which is almost completely preserved along the Schanzmauer. It has the address Schanzmauer 8 and is located near the street Am Hof. The three-story building, 16 m high and 8.5 m wide, is a listed monument. The tower was originally higher. It is the only remaining round tower of the city wall. For a long time it was one of the city's prisons. Today it is inhabited together with the building attached in 1846. In 1989 and 1996 the Scheiblein tower was renovated.
The story The Cat's Gate in the City Wall Tower by Else Model is set in the Scheiblein Tower.
8 SchanzmauerWeißenburg
Bavaria