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Darmstadt District

Büttelturm Hofheim am Taunus

Darmstadt District

Büttelturm Hofheim am Taunus

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Büttelturm Hofheim am Taunus

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Location: Hofheim am Taunus, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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guude 🤘

December 31, 2021

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Very worth seeing, old building in the city center

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christian

August 1, 2022

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This tower was part of the city wall built in 1352 when the city was founded. It can be seen in the earliest depiction of Hofheim by Wilhelm Dilich (around …

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Rainer & Petra

June 17, 2023

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Originally the bailiff lived here. This circumstance gave the tower the name "Büttelturm". The building served as a synagogue (prayer room) from 1795 at the earliest. It was devastated during the pogrom night on November 9th, 1938. The half-timbered houses on both sides of the tower date from the 17th and 18th centuries. They were renovated in the early 1980s. In 1983 a wine bar opened in the tower with the adjoining half-timbered house.

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Elevation 130 m

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Wednesday 2 September

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Location: Hofheim am Taunus, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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