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Juliusturm

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Juliusturm

Built in the style of a medieval watchtower. Use of rubble stones, bricks, and baroque elements, including a boundary stone from 1600.

The tower has a ground floor and a first floor, from which one can access the battlement via an iron ladder.

After construction began in the spring of 1966, the inauguration took place on Ascension Day in 1971. The tower was renovated in 1999.

It is named after its builder, Julius Grünewald.


History / Stories / Anecdotes:

As is well known, the owner's passion is chivalry. So it was only natural that he built at least one watchtower for the birth of his son Julius.
Before he put the building plan into action, he desperately searched for the boundary stone that marks the border to the economic path. He credibly assured that he had not found it. So he began to build.
When he started with the first floor, miraculously, due to pressure, the boundary stone emerged from the ground.
The astonishment was, of course, great, especially when he realized that the tower stood half on community land.
Demolition was no longer an option. Thus, Westhofen has a building through which a boundary runs.

While collecting the stones, the population used to say: "Where Julius was not, the people still have the stones."

He received help from Ehrich Friedrich


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Juliusturm


Erbaut im Stil eines mittelalterlichen Wehrturms. Verwendung von Bruchsteinen, Backsteinen und barocken Teilen, unter anderem einen Grenzstein von 1600. Der Turm hat ein Erdgeschoss und einen ersten Stock, von dem man über eine Eisenleiter auf den Zinnengang gelangt. Nach dem Baubeginn im Frühjahr 1966, fand die Einweihung an Christi Himmelfahrt im Jahr 1971 statt. 1999 wurde der Turm renoviert.
Er trägt den Namen seines Erbauers Julius Grünewald.
Geschichte / Geschichten / Anekdoten: Wie überall bekannt, ist die Vorliebe des Besitzers, das Rittertum. Was lag also näher, dass er zur Geburt seines Sohnes Julius mindestens einen Wehrturm errichtete. Bevor er den Bau in die Tat umsetzte, suchte er verzweifelt den Grenzstein, der die Grenze zum Wirtschaftsweg aufzeigt. Glaubhaft versicherte er, ihn nicht gefunden zu haben. Also fing er an zu bauen. Als er mit dem ersten Stock anfing, wuchs, scheinbar bedingt durch den Druck, WUNDERSAMER WEISE der Grenzstein aus dem Boden. Das Erstaunen war natürlich gross, vor allem als er feststellte, dass der Turm zur Hälfte auf Gemeindegrund stand. Ein Abriss kam nicht mehr in Frage. Somit hat Westhofen ein Gebäude, durch das eine Grenze verläuft.
Beim Sammeln der Steine pflegte die Bevölkerung zu sagen: „ Wo der Julius nit war, hun die Leit die Steh noch."
Hilfe hatte er durch Ehrich Friedrich

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49.714069, 8.240131
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49°42'50.6"N 8°14'24.5"E
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32U 445220 5507117
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Ohligstraße 5
67593 Westhofen
+49 6244 250 http://www.westhofen.de E-mail: westhofen@vg-wonnegau.de
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