Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour des Voleurs
Ammerschwihr, Haut-Rhin, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour des Voleurs : inscription par arrêté du 5 mai 1931
- Protection dates
- 1931/05/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1535
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Grande-Rue ; route du Vin
- Commune
- Ammerschwihr
- Département
- Haut-Rhin
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.12576, 7.28451
- Mérimée reference
- PA00085332
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1699 map "Le Toulois (southeastern sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Tour, ronde, de l'ancienne enceinte fortifiée de la ville, dite Schelmenturm (Tour des voleurs). Sa construction pourrait remonter au commencement du 14e siècle, époque de la fortification de la ville ; mais, de toute manière, elle doit sont aspect actuel à un remaniement du 16e siècle. Elle se compose de trois étages. Les deux étages inférieurs comprennent des embrasures à bossages. Au 3ème étage se trouvent deux cadrans solaires, restaurés en 1905.
English translation
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History
Round tower from the former fortified walls of the town, called Schelmenturm (Thieves' Tower). Its construction could date back to the beginning of the 14th century, the period of the town's fortification; but in any case, it owes its present aspect to reworking in the 16th century. It consists of three storeys. The two lower storeys comprise bossed embrasures. On the 3rd storey are two sundials, restored in 1905.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne enceinte fortifiée urbainefortification d'agglomérationunder 1 mi
- Fontaine de l'Homme Sauvagefontaineunder 1 mi
- Restes de l'hôtel de villehôtel de villeunder 1 mi
- Église catholique Saint-Martinégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.