Ruprechtsturm, Oppenheim
Facts and practical information
The Ruprechtsturm is a stone lookout tower in Oppenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was inaugurated on September 20, 1903 and is architecturally in the neo-Romanesque style.
The tower is named after the Roman-German King and Count Palatine and Elector of the Electoral Palatinate Ruprecht. He spent the last weeks of his life at Oppenheim's Landskron Castle, where he died on May 18, 1410.
The Ruprechtsturm was built on the foundation walls of an older tower of the medieval city fortification - the so-called Schneiderturm. This originated in the 13th century and got its name because it was maintained and defended by the guild of tailors. The Tailors' Tower was destroyed by French troops under Ezéchiel de Mélac on May 31, 1689, during the War of the Palatinate Succession.
The lookout tower is currently not usually accessible to visitors and is a protected monument.
Oppenheim
Rhineland-Palatinate