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Buddenturm

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The Buddenturm is the last high medieval fortification tower of the city of Münster.

Photo Münster: Buddenturm seen from the former city wall

Buddenturm seen from the former city wall

Photo Münster: Buddenturm seen from the city

Buddenturm seen from the city

Photo Münster: Inscription of the Buddenturm

Inscription

Photos: Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2007

Inscription

Original Text (in German)

Buddenturm

Von den elf Toren und sieben Wehrtürmen des alten Befestigungsrings blieb nur der Buddenturm mit Spuren der mittelalterlichen Stadtmauer erhalten. Seine Nutzung wechselte im Lauf der Jahrhunderte (Wehrturm, Gefängnis, Pulvermühle, Magazin). 1880 auf 40 m aufgestockt und mit Zinnenkranz versehen, diente er zuletzt als Wasserturm. Nach Kriegsschäden wieder abgetragen und durch ein sechsseitiges Kegeldach nach alter Art erneuert.

Translation

Buddenturm

Out of the eleven gates and seven towers of the former fortification ring, only the Buddenturm with some vestiges of the medieval city wall has been preserved. Its use was changing thru the centuries (fortification tower, prison, gunpowder mill, arsenal). Raised to 40 m and provided with a crenelation cornice, in 1880, it finally served as a water tower. War-damaged, it was shortened again and renovated with a six-sided conical roof in traditional manner.

Comment

If the inscription described here says that the Buddenturm is the only medieval tower preserved, this is not entirely correct because there is still the shorter, but enormously thicker Zwinger tower, which was built in 1525.

Nowadays the space formerly occupied by the medieval fortification ring is a very comfortable cycle way under shady trees round the center of the city.

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Address / Owner	Content / Subjects
Municipality of Münster	Official site (in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish).
City map of Münster By Google Maps.	Zoomable city map of Münster.
Münster In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the city of Münster.
North Rhine-Westphalia In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the land of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Province of Westphalia In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the historical Province of Westphalia.
Münster (region) In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the region (Regierungsbezirk) of Münster.
Münster Rebellion In the English Wikipedia.	Encyclopaedic article on the Anabaptist rebellion, which mainly took place in the city of Münster.
Peace of Westphalia In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the Peace of Westphalia, which was signed in Osnabrück and Münster, in 1648. This was the end of the Thirty Years' War.
Thirty Years' War In the English Wikipedia.	Detailed encyclopaedic article on the Thirty Years' War.

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Arrival by Public Transport

For the arrival in Münster, see Inscriptions of Münster.

Exiting the Münster railway station, go straight ahead crossing two large streets down to the crossing cycle way (called Promenade). Take the footpath along the cycle way to the right until you see the white Buddenturm at a little distance on your left.

Indications concerning the arrival correspond to our personal knowledge or even experience, but we cannot assume any responsibility for their rightness. When you are reading this page, things may have changed in reality.

Hans-Rudolf Hower, 2012

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