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Stuttgart District

Lichtel Land Tower

Stuttgart District

Lichtel Land Tower

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Lichtel Land Tower

Name: Lichtel Land Tower
Rating: 2

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Location: Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Taubertal Cycle Path – River Tauber loop from Adelshofen

47.4km

03:04

590m

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2. Lichtel Land Tower – Reutalsee loop from Schrozberg

36.1km

02:18

340m

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3. Reutalmühle – Marketplace Weikersheim loop from Elpersheim

49.7km

03:12

490m

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WolfgangK

August 15, 2020

The Landturm (around 1408) near Lichtel is still very well preserved. The Landhege used to be impermeable to people, horses and carriages.
Entry into the area of the free imperial city of Rothenburg was only possible through the country towers (e.g. Lichtel or Heimberg).
Customs duty had to be paid there.
In the case of enemy troops, the heavy gates (bolts) were closed and resisted with force of arms.
Attempts to breach the Landhege were severely punished.
Hegereiter checked daily that no illegal breakthroughs were being built.
The Landturm was built with the heavy bricks from the destroyed Lichteler Castle.
The castle was destroyed in 1381 during the Swabian city war. In this war, the free imperial cities wanted to get rid of the knight's castles so that the nobility could no longer levy tolls.
Rothenburg writes: The Lords of Lichtel were robbers and highwaymen.
The solid construction of this tower prevented it from being demolished.

Most of these country towers were demolished around 1820, after the Landhege belonged to Württemberg from 1810. For example the Heimberger Landturm and the 3 gate towers in Wildentierbach.
Some towers were already destroyed in the Peasants' War around 1525/1526.

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MPS

September 28, 2024

Access tower of the Rothenburg Landhege, built around 1630. Only through these land towers, which also served as a customs station, can one gain access to the territory of the imperial city of Rothenburg. The tower now serves as the clubhouse of the Swabian Alb Association, Creglingen local group. It can also be rented for private parties.

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Location: Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Lichtel Land Tower

1. Taubertal Cycle Path – River Tauber loop from Adelshofen

2. Lichtel Land Tower – Reutalsee loop from Schrozberg

3. Reutalmühle – Marketplace Weikersheim loop from Elpersheim

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