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Postenturm

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Postenturm
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Today the Postenturm is a walk-in observation tower.

Originally it was a former defence tower in the northern wall of the Bacharach town fortifications made of slate quarry stone. In 1899 it was restored as a water reservoir. The tower has a U-shaped ground plan, also known as a shell tower. Its open side is partially clad with a shifted half-timbered wall, while a hipped roof in slate covering crowns the post tower.

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50.060512, 7.766330

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50°03'37.8"N 7°45'58.8"E

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32U 411698 5546087

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Postenturm

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Oberstraße 1
55422 Bacharach
+49 6743 1297 http://www.bacharach.de E-mail: pilger@bacharach.de

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