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Swister Tower

North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Euskirchen

Weilerswist

Swister Tower

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Swister Tower

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Location: Weilerswist, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Rösberg Water Tower – Rösberg Castle loop from Brühl-Kierberg

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2. Cologne Green Belt – Volksgarten, Cologne loop from Köln Süd

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3. Rösberg Water Tower – Rösberg Castle loop from Hemmerich

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Stephan

July 19, 2019

Nice view of the village Weilerswist. With the road bike goes, but you have to go back the same way, so rather with the cross bike

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Erik

June 21, 2020

Nice view of the wide country, picturesque view of the Swister Tower. he Swister Tower, built between 1100 and 1125, is the remnant of the old parish and pilgrimage church of the former village of Swist on the Swisterberg in Weilerswist. Remains of the foundation of the nave are attributed to the 9th century. Archaeological finds from Roman times point to the establishment of the first Christian church over a Roman sanctuary.

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Heinz 👀🍹🏸

December 23, 2020

A crib is set up there during the Christmas season. Worth seeing.

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Heinz 👀🍹🏸

December 16, 2021

Very nice nativity scene. Can be found there every year.

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Rinaldini

February 18, 2020

Built around 1100, it originally belonged to the parish church of the old Swist. In the 16th century, the town on the western edge of the Ville above the Erft lowlands was abandoned.

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JakobusPilger

February 21, 2022

It is the symbol of Weilerswist and adorns the coat of arms of the community in the north of the Euskirchen district. That is not by accident. Because the "Swister Tower" is a spiritual place where spiritual currents of European history are bundled like in a magnifying glass. The small, rather unspectacular building is considered by connoisseurs of regional history to be an outstanding testimony to popular piety - from antiquity to the present day. (...) On their approximately 2,500-kilometer hike from Cologne to Santiago de Compostela, the pilgrims encounter numerous religious sites. One of them is the Sister Tower. Its location, the Swister Mountain, has probably been a spiritual place since Roman antiquity. This is not surprising as the location of the tower is spectacular in the truest sense of the word. So it's worth... to linger and soak up the special atmosphere of the place.
(Source: "To the tower between heaven and earth. Hiking on the Eifel trail "Between Ville and Eifel" by Michael Maiworm, in "Die Eifel", magazine of the Eifelverein, issue 2/2021)

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Manni

April 17, 2022

Beautiful view of the Erft Valley and the Voreifel.

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Stephan

September 5, 2019

The Swister turret serves as a good waymark.

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September 26, 2022

Nice sunny spot for a break. There are many benches to sit and relax.

The Swister Tower, built between 1100 and 1125, is what remains of the old parish and pilgrimage church of the former village of Swist on the Swisterberg in Weilerswist. Foundation remains of the nave are attributed to the 9th century. Archaeological finds from Roman times point to the construction of the first Christian church over a Roman sanctuary.

Source and more: pfarrverband-weilerswist.de/kirchen_und_kapellenx/swister_turm_kapellex_weilerswist

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Marrey

May 16, 2023

Nice place for a break, wide view

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Petra

April 16, 2020

Erft, Swist, Villetour

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Markus I.

February 28, 2025

On the Swistberg, above the Swist, stands the Swister Tower. With a panoramic view over the entire Erft valley to the Voreifel

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