Plauer Gate Tower

The Plauer or Luckenberger Tor protected the arterial road to the west of the old town of Brandenburg an der Havel. It is named after the former village of Luckenberg, about 500 m from the gate.

The Plauer or Luckenberger Torturm is a tower of the old town city wall in Brandenburg an der Havel.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plauer_Torturm

Plauer (Luckenberger) Gate Tower
Watchtowers next to the gate were a special feature of Brandenburg towns.
The cylindrical, four-storey tower was built around 1400 and was connected to a battlemented gate, with a door leading to the battlement. The connection to the city wall can be seen on the northwest side. The tower was provided with crossbow slots on all sides. The projecting privy on the west side above the former moat shows the location of the former guard room. The top was formed by a projecting half-timbered storey ("hurdle") with a conical helmet and dormer windows. After a long period of decay, an expressionist jagged crown and a new wall cone with a forged stork's nest were added in 1928 (restored in 1985). Further extensions in the romantic style have now been demolished.
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