The Stockheimer waiting is the listed ruin of a watch tower on the 467 m above sea level. NN high Turmberg near Stockheim in the Bavarian district of Rhön-Grabfeld.
The Stockheimer Warte stands at the summit of the Turmberg in the middle of a deciduous forest in the Stockheim district between Völkershausen in the north and Stockheim in the south. There is a steep slope to the north and west, and the mountain ridge to the south. The tower dates from the 15th century.
The tower, like the other towers around Mellrichstadt and Ostheim, is said to have been built against Würzburg by Abbot Henry VI, Prince Abbot of Fulda from 1315 to 1353. However, since other towers exist or existed, it is more likely that there is a transmission line. The towers are also said to have been connected to the Lichtenburg, although this can no longer be proven today. The tower is a round tower approximately nine meters high with a high entrance at a height of four to five meters. Like most other watchtowers in the Rhön, it was built from field stones. Its entrance does not face directly towards the village, but is slightly offset following the flat slope. A setting of stones in the shape of a staircase can still be seen. Unlike other towers in the area, the Stockheimer Warte has never been made accessible again and a staircase that may have existed before has been removed. In the direction of Völkerhausen, a cut over a meter deep can be seen in the crown. There are many traditional folk items about the tower on the mountain. Wikipedia
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