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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 25, 2025

Each Tongeren craft guild was responsible for the maintenance and defence of 1 of the 13 towers of the medieval wall. One of the towers that survived the centuries was that of the cloth makers, the Lakenmakerstoren. This picturesque tower was part of the defence wall along the Jeker, between the Kastanjewal and Sint-Ursulastraat. The semi-circular construction is mainly made of flint, a material from the original Roman wall.

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February 6, 2025

The remains of the clothmakers' tower (only one storey preserved so it looked a bit different, see below) can be viewed on the other side of the Jeker and is located behind house number 9 in the Sint-Ursulastraat. There is a wooden platform and bench for those who want to take their time at the Jeker. A small sign on the tower mentions "Lakenmakerstoren" and "13th century". More precisely, it is about the middle of the 13th century.

Only one storey on a plinth of the tower has been preserved; it is a semi-circular construction of rubble and flint, now covered with a tiled roof and provided with two slit-shaped, marlstone loopholes, finished with negblokken.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Clothmakers' Tower and wall section D, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/37136

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Lakenmakerstoren 13th century

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