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Darmstadt District

Narrenhaus Tower

Darmstadt District

Narrenhaus Tower

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Narrenhaus Tower

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Location: Maintal, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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spessartnic 🥾

June 27, 2021

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The only square tower in the curtain wall. In earlier times, mentally disturbed people and thieves were housed here, but also naughty young people. The tower had a pointed roof until around 1800, today it has a flat roof again. Inside is a false ceiling. The entrance is from the back, and a little further to the north is the only preserved high round tower. (Source: information sign)

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Siegfried Kühn

March 29, 2024

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The “Fools' House” is a square tower on the curtain wall, the preserved part of the northern city fortifications. The fool's house was once used to house the “mentally ill”.

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Elevation 120 m

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Wednesday 15 July

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