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Red Tower, Marienberg

Red Tower, Marienberg

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Red Tower, Marienberg

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Location: Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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1. Wagenbach Valley – View of Upper Pobershau loop from Marienberg

13.6km

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220m

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2. Red Tower, Marienberg – Wagenbach Valley loop from Kühnhaide

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03:52

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3. Wagenbach Valley – Marienberg Market Square loop from Kühnhaide

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03:11

190m

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Explorer

January 20, 2017

The red tower once belonged to the former Marienberg city wall. Four of these corner towers are said to have bordered the city earlier.

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Klausi

November 23, 2025

It is the last of what were originally four round towers. They stood at the corners of the city wall's quadrangle, indicating the cardinal directions and named after colors. The Red Tower stands in the east, the Green in the south, the White in the west, and the Black in the north. All the towers burned down in 1610; only the Red Tower was rebuilt. With a diameter of 12.00 m and a height of 18.40 m, it has three tongue-and-groove wooden floors inside. Originally intended as a storage place for weapons, it served, among other things, as a powder magazine for the military and was later rented to various businesses.

Today, the tower is used by the neighboring high school for cultural events.

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Erzman

January 2, 2022

There were once four towers, all of which fell victim to the flames of 1610. Only the red one was rebuilt.

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Location: Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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Red Tower, Marienberg

1. Wagenbach Valley – View of Upper Pobershau loop from Marienberg

2. Red Tower, Marienberg – Wagenbach Valley loop from Kühnhaide

3. Wagenbach Valley – Marienberg Market Square loop from Kühnhaide

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