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Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)

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Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)

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Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)

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Location: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Landkreis Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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2. Tower Trail along the city wall – Markus Tower & Röder Arch loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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3. Steinbachtal Valley – Wobbly Bridge at the Fuchsmühle loop from Bettwar

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Rainer & Petra

September 7, 2021

What looks so beautiful was occupied by a family and a single person until the 1950s. The tower, mentioned in 1405, burned down several times and was restored after a lightning strike in 1927. The executioner, or messenger, never lived in the tower; his official residence was a little house at the Klingentor.
In the period around 1390, Rothenburg had three places of execution, the gallows in front of the Galgentor and the Rabenstein for beheading and the Turmseelein for drowning. There were also executions in the marketplace on special occasions.

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Eleion

May 28, 2017

The hangman's tower is another part of Rothenburg's weir. Contrary to the obvious assumption, the executioner has never lived here. His office was a cottage on the Klingentor - probably the message was due to the geographical proximity, yet eponym for the tower.

Erected around 1400, the building with its attached dungeon burnt down several times and was restored after a lightning strike in 1927. Today it is used by the German Alps Association for meetings in the two basement levels, while in the upper floors there are training rooms. Climbing can be practiced on the outside of the tower.

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April 30, 2023

Wikipedia (List of monuments in Rothenburg ob der Tauber/city fortifications, 2023-05-03):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber/Stadtfortification

Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (large district town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, monuments, 2023-04-30):
geodaten.bayern.de/denkmal_static_data/externe_denkmalliste/pdf/denkmalliste_merge_571193.pdf
“D-5-71-193-1 … city fortifications … hangman’s tower, four-storey quarry stone building with a vaulted front, corner ashlars and conical roof, last quarter of the 14th century, burned down in 1492, 1525, 1528 and 1927; …”

German Alpine Club (section Rothenburg o.d.T. 1903 e.v., 2023-04-30):
alpenverein-rothenburg.de/chronik
“… In 1980, the city of Rothenburg rented the historic hangman's tower for a long-term and expanded it into a youth center. …”

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1. Tower Trail along the city wall – Markusturm & Röderbogen loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

2. Tower Trail along the city wall – Markus Tower & Röder Arch loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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