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View of the Water Tower and Henkerhaus
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Jürgen S.
June 22, 2025
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The executioner's house in Nuremberg is a place where dark history, medieval architecture and exciting insights into the legal culture of past centuries come together.
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Isi-Sicilia
July 4, 2024
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The water tower was formerly part of Nuremberg's city fortifications. It was built as a city wall tower between 1320 and 1325, as part of the bridge over the Pegnitz at the Henkersteg. With the expansion of the city fortifications, this tower, like the Henkerturm, lost its original function and was used as a prison until the end of the imperial city period.
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Holger
October 28, 2024
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History you can experience and touch.
echt-nuernberg.de/location/henkerhaus
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Elevation 340 m
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