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Five-Button Tower

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Five-Button Tower

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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    August 15, 2019

    Hiking

    five button tower

    The five-button tower is a defensive tower with a pentagonal floor plan, which turns away from the city like a prow. The name comes from the five …
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    April 10, 2021

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    The five button tower was built around 1420.
    It is 27 meters high and is the only one of all towers to have a pentagonal floor plan.
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    June 23, 2019

    Cycling

    The most beautiful of the remaining six city towers of Schwäbisch Gmünd.
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    Elevation 320 m

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    Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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