Hausmannsturm, Helmstedt

The Hausmannsturm is located on Neumärker Straße in Helmstedt. It is the oldest preserved city gate in the Braunschweig region. The Hausmannsturm was built in a square shape and has a height of 36 meters. The gate passage is characterized by a cross vault. The Hausmannsturm was already mentioned in 1286, but it received its present appearance only in the first half of the 15th century as the last gate of the city wall ring. The Helmstedt city wall once had eight towers. Today, four of these eight towers still exist in remnants.

The tower guard of the city of Helmstedt was the Helmstedt Hausmann. He lived in the Hausmannsturm, with two journeymen and an apprentice boy at his side. He had to "blow the hours" with his horn, to watch over fire safety and to report impending dangers. On special occasions he was obliged to "play the bugle" together with his helpers in the town.

Even today, a Helmstedt Hausmann traditionally blows off the week every Saturday from April to October from the Hausmannsturm at 12:00.

In 2002, the city council had a wedding room installed in the tower as part of a renovation project. In 2008, the city of Helmstedt installed a webcam on the building that shows the course of Neumärker Straße from the Hausmannsturm in the direction of the market.