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Wartturm Ruins (Löwenturm) in Volkenberg

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Wartturm Ruins (Löwenturm) in Volkenberg

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    1. Erlabrunner Watchtower Ruin – Volkenberg Black Pine Forest loop from Erlabrunn

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Intermediate

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    July 18, 2024

    Beautifully located with lots of seating and a permanent grill. The tower is not very high anymore, but I think the place is very beautiful.

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      May 11, 2025

      History
      The age of the round tower remnant between the Espenloh to the south and Eschberg to the north is dated to the 15th century in the list of protected monuments. In the last third of the 15th century, the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Rudolf von Scherenberg, had land defenses (consisting of ramparts, ditches, and thorn hedges) and land towers built to protect against enemy invasions. The "Lion Tower," which already existed at that time, may have been incorporated into this land defense as a "watchtower."


      The oldest pictorial representation of the watchtower exists in a rent and interest book of the Ebrach Monastery. From 1370 onward, the monastery owned a farm belonging to the Lower Leinach knightly family of the Hotzen von Leinach (heraldic animal of a rising lion) as a fief. The watchtower was also called the "Lion Tower" until 1900. Based on this old depiction, the watchtower could be the remains of a former small castle complex.

      Significance
      The watchtower served to observe the Zellingen-Retzbach ford and the old pilgrimage and trade route from Italy to Fulda, which ran through Leinach. From here, fire signals could be used to warn the settlements in the Leinacher Bach valley of approaching enemies, and it probably also provided visual contact with Ravensburg and Falkenburg.


      Source: wuerzburgwiki.de/wiki/Wartturmruine_Leinach

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        Location: Leinach, Landkreis Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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