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Hexenturm Großostheim

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  • Location: Großostheim, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    August 26, 2021

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    Fortification tower from the 15th / 16th centuries Century
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    February 20, 2022

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    The lime or witch tower is integrated on the north-east side of the city fortifications. It was built as a fortified tower with battlements and a defensive platform around 1500 together with the town wall.
    The »embarrassing interrogations« (torture) of the people denounced as witches took place in the tower. A square opening in the floor is the entrance to the gloomy dungeon
    Basement of the witch tower. In the 19th century, whitewashers stored their slaked lime here.
    Source: grossostheim.de/fileadmin/pdf/tourismus/103-Bachgau_4_Folder.pdf
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    February 24, 2022

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    Inconspicuous - but imposing, this small fortification tower. It gives you the chills when you delve into the history of the tower as described above by Herbert P.: Witch Tower.
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    Location: Großostheim, Landkreis Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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