The medieval brick tower stands about thirty meters from the passage to the courtyard in the park surrounding the castle. It was built in the 15th century and is the last surviving part of the former outer bailey.
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Completed at the end of the 15th century, the last remaining part of the former fore-castle and one of the two surviving 7 medieval towers of the castle.

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The dungeon in the lower part of the tower is said to have been the prison of the knight Jaspar Gans Edler Herr von Putlitz in 1413-16.
Karl May's story "Wildwasser" is about this event

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