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Dicker Turm (Holzheim)

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Dicker Turm (Holzheim)

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Location: Haunetal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Bridge over the Eitra in Bodes – Haunetal Panorama View loop from Dittlofrod

44.8km

03:07

700m

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2. Haunetal Panorama View – Dicker Turm (Holzheim) loop from Unterhaun

25.3km

01:54

350m

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3. Evangelical Church of Kruspis – Dicker Turm (Holzheim) loop from Burghaun(Hünfeld)

35.4km

02:21

510m

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Robert von der Haune

June 18, 2021

In the center of the village of Holzheim there is a mighty defense tower with a square floor plan and five storeys, the so-called thick tower. Today it is privately owned and used as a residential complex. The tower was built in the middle of the 12th century as a residential tower for a castle. According to a legend, a child was walled in while the tower was being built. The three stone heads visible on the outer wall at a height of about 12 m show a man, a woman and a child and are associated with this legend.

When extensive ground work was necessary in the vicinity of the redesign of the "thick tower" into a residential complex, this was used for archaeological studies. In the process, wall sections from previous buildings and, previously completely unknown because there were no written references to this, the remains of a small medieval church were found. Round post holes were found in the foundation stones and the masonry of the tower; the original predecessor building was a wooden tower, which, like the ceramic shards that were also found, was possibly built around 650 in the Merovingian period. The stone tower, which was later built in its place, was probably built in the 10th or 11th century at the earliest, when stone towers of this type became common in Germany, but probably dates from the 12th century. The former church probably dates from the High Middle Ages.

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Rhön-Milan

February 20, 2022

Imposing building in town

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Location: Haunetal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Dicker Turm (Holzheim)

1. Bridge over the Eitra in Bodes – Haunetal Panorama View loop from Dittlofrod

2. Haunetal Panorama View – Dicker Turm (Holzheim) loop from Unterhaun

3. Evangelical Church of Kruspis – Dicker Turm (Holzheim) loop from Burghaun(Hünfeld)

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