Water Tower (Wasserturm) Lucerne

Near the left bank is the octagonal water tower, which was built around 1300, before the Chapel Bridge, and can be reached from it via a short cross-passage. The tower was used alternately as a watchtower and cornerstone of the fortifications, as a city archive and treasury and as a dungeon and torture chamber. Today it houses a souvenir shop as well as the clubhouse of the artillery association Lucerne.

Near the shore is the octagonal water tower, which was built around 1300, before the Chapel Bridge. The tower already served as a watchtower, cornerstones of city fortifications, city archives, dungeons and torture chambers. Today it houses a souvenir shop as well as the clubhouse of the artillery association Lucerne.

So much has been written and said about him that I want to hold back here. Only one. No visit to Lucerne without a visit to the water tower and the associated Kappelbrücke. If you missed that, you could have stayed at home right away.