Witch Tower, Püttlingen

Name: Witch Tower
Address: Püttlingen, Germany

#3 among attractions in Püttlingen

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Püttlingen Castle, is a departed moated castle and the remnant of a prison tower in what is now the town park of Püttlingen in the Saarbrücken Regional Association in the Saarland. The Hexenturm, as the last visible relic of the castle complex, is occasionally mistakenly equated with the castle in common usage.

Local name: HexenturmCoordinates: 49°17'13"N, 6°53'1"E

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Day trips

Witch Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Völklingen Ironworks, Ludwigsparkstadion, Old Jewish Cemetery, Saarlandhalle.

3.2 miSW
Renovated 19th-century ironwork museum
Völklingen Ironworks, Völklingen
82 min walk • Völklingen Ironworks, nestled in the city of Völklingen, Germany, stands as an awe-inspiring testament to the country's industrial past. This expansive museum, once a fully operational ironworks, is now a designated UNESCO World Heritage site, offering visitors a...
5.3 miSE
Sport venue, Sport complex, Sport
Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken
136 min walk • Ludwigsparkstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany. It was built in 1953 and holds 35,303 people. After renovation from 2016 to 2021 which costs about € 46,5 million, the capacity is reduced to around 16,000 seats.
5.6 miSE
Cemetery
Old Jewish Cemetery, Saarbrücken
144 min walk • The Old Jewish Cemetery in Saarbrücken, the state capital of Saarland, was established in 1841. The Jewish cemetery on Graf-Simon-Strasse/corner of Komturstrasse is a protected cultural monument.
5.3 miSE
Concert hall
Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken
135 min walk • Saarlandhalle is a 5,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena located in Saarbrücken, Germany. Originally opened in 1967 with funds from Saarland Sporttoto for sports competitions, it was later converted to multi-purpose indoor arena.
~220 ftN
49°17'15"N • 6°53'1"E
Rathaus Püttlingen, Püttlingen
2 min walk • City hall
5.6 miSE
Park
Bürgerpark, Saarbrücken
143 min walk • Bürgerpark Hafeninsel is an inner-city park in Saarbrücken. In 1989 it was awarded the Landscape Architecture Prize of the Association of German Landscape Architects.
4.8 miNE
49°21'3"N • 6°55'31"E
Müller / Neu, Heusweiler
123 min walk • Wayside shrine
1.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Burg Bucherbach
29 min walk • Bucherbach Castle is the ruin of a moated castle in Köllerbach, a district of Püttlingen in the Saarbrücken Regional Association. Along with Kerpen Castle near Illingen, it is the most important lowland castle in the Saarland.
2.7 miSW
49°15'5"N • 6°51'34"E
New Town Hall, Völklingen
69 min walk • City hall
4.2 miSE
Church
Herz Jesu, Saarbrücken
108 min walk • The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in Saarbrücken was designed by architects Ludwig Becker and Anton Falkowski and consecrated in 1914. The neo-Romanesque church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its patron saint.
4.3 miN
49°20'51"N • 6°54'23"E
Schäfer´sch Kreuz
110 min walk • Wayside shrine