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On the inward-facing side of the tower is a covered balcony, whereas the outward-facing side is flanked by two small towers. The portrait in relief over the entrance to the restaurant on the city side of the tower is most likely that of the builder, Gerthener. On top of the tower is an iron weather vane.
In its center stands the preserved, most representative gate tower of the Gothic city wall, the Eschenheimer Turm (it was built Klaus Mengoz and Madern Gerthener, 1400-1428). The building srrounding the square dates from the 1950s.
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- Eschenheimer Turm, Frankfurt, 60318, Hesse
Eschenheim Tower. At the end of the Bockenheimer Anlage, the Eschenheim Tower (Eschenheimer Turm) shines out at us on the right-hand side. It was one of 42 watchtowers of the former city fortifications. One of many?
At 47 meters, it is one of the highest late Gothic gate towers in Germany. It was built between 1400 and 1428 by the cathedral master builder Madern Gerthener as a city gate of the late medieval Frankfurt city fortifications. Today, the now glazed archway houses a café, which opened a few years ago.
Jul 9, 2015 · Standing right in the middle of downtown Frankfurt, surrounded by modern high-rises, is an early 15th century tower called Eschenheimer Turm. The tower was once part of a massive fortification that consisted of nearly sixty towers and walls that encircled the city.
A local landmark, this 47m-high, early-15th-century tower was a city gate that formed part of Frankfurt's medieval fortifications, and is one of the city's oldest surviving structures. The ground floor now houses a bar and restaurant.
Sep 10, 2016 · Erected at the beginning of the fifteenth century, the Eschenheimer Turm tower is the oldest and most unaltered building in the largely reconstructed Frankfurter Neustadt (new town), now better known as the Frankfurt-Innenstadt (city center).
