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Regierungsbezirk DüsseldorfWindmill Tower Neuss
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf District
Regierungsbezirk DüsseldorfWindmill Tower Neuss
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🚶♀️Irma 🥾
July 31, 2021
Hiking
The windmill tower is a former defense tower and dates from the 13th century.
It served as a windmill until 1849. In 1880 a 416 m3 water tank was installed at a height of 30 to 35 m and the tower of the Neuss waterworks on Weingartstrasse was used as a water tower. The tower survived the Second World War almost undamaged.
It served as a windmill until 1849. In 1880 a 416 m3 water tank was installed at a height of 30 to 35 m and the tower of the Neuss waterworks on Weingartstrasse was used as a water tower. The tower survived the Second World War almost undamaged.
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Bumble-Bee
December 3, 2022
Hiking
Among the few remains of the former city fortifications, the windmill tower occupies a special place. As a fortress tower, it supported the important south-west corner of the city, in …
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Carlo63
July 2, 2023
Hiking
The windmill tower is a former defense tower near the Obertor and the new city garden in Neuss. It dates from the 13th century.
Until 1849 it served as a windmill. The robber captain Mathias Weber was imprisoned here in 1796, but escaped by jumping from a height of 7 m.
In 1880, a water tank with a capacity of 416 m3 was installed at a height of 30 to 35 m and the tower was used as a water tower by the Neuss waterworks on Weingartstraße. The tower survived the Second World War almost undamaged.
Source and link:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windm%C3%BChlenturm_(Neuss)
Until 1849 it served as a windmill. The robber captain Mathias Weber was imprisoned here in 1796, but escaped by jumping from a height of 7 m.
In 1880, a water tank with a capacity of 416 m3 was installed at a height of 30 to 35 m and the tower was used as a water tower by the Neuss waterworks on Weingartstraße. The tower survived the Second World War almost undamaged.
Source and link:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windm%C3%BChlenturm_(Neuss)
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