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Walberberg Witch Tower

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Walberberg Witch Tower

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Hexenturm Walberberg – View of Berggeistweiher loop from Walberberg

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2. Berggeistweiher – View of Berggeistweiher loop from Walberberg

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3. Rösberg Castle – Pilgrims' Way in the Ville Forests (Jakobsweg) loop from Walberberg

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JakobusPilger

December 25, 2023

Right next to the parish church and the surrounding cemetery is another building registered in the city of Bornheim's list of monuments: the "Witch Tower"

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R.Bungartz

November 6, 2021

The witch tower of Walberberg in the northernmost district of Bornheim was first mentioned as such in 1817, but the name is not related to traditional witch hunts of the Middle Ages or the early modern period. The name, which later became established in parlance, is said to be based on the emergence of romantic legends in the 19th century. The tower is to be built in the 12th / 13th centuries. Century as a keep of a castle, which was removed at an unknown time, possibly during the Truchsessian War. Today the old castle tower with the parish church of St. Walburga to the south forms the landmark of the place that can be seen from afar. The oldest picture of the tower structure can be found as a detail in a painting in front of the choir inside the church and shows the tower as it was in the 18th century. Source: Wikipedia

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JakobusPilger

December 25, 2023

There is only one witch's tower in Walberberg, but two hiking highlights...

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1. Hexenturm Walberberg – View of Berggeistweiher loop from Walberberg

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