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The powder tower of Prague
The powder tower in Meschede

A powder tower (German: Pulverturm), occasionally also powder house (Pulverhaus), was a building used by the military or by mining companies, frequently a tower, to store gunpowder or, later, explosives. They were common until the 20th century, but were increasingly succeeded by gunpowder magazines and ammunition depots. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the Delft Explosion of 1654.

List of powder towers

Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following:

Germany

These are sorted by states of Germany, since there are so many.

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

Brandenburg

Bremen

Lower Saxony

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The Pulverturm, Demmin, bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose.

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Thuringia

Austria

Czechia

Italy

Latvia

Namibia

Switzerland

  • Pulverturm, Zofingen

USA

Gallery

  • The Powder Tower in Prague The Powder Tower in Prague
  • Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall
  • Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view
  • Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech
  • Pulverturm in Lindau Pulverturm in Lindau
  • Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
  • Pulverturm in Riga Pulverturm in Riga
  • Pulverturm in Memmingen Pulverturm in Memmingen
  • Langer Turm in Aachen Langer Turm in Aachen
  • Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein
  • Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar
  • Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt
  • Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia
  • Pulverturm in Zofingen Pulverturm in Zofingen
  • Pulverturm in Zwickau Pulverturm in Zwickau

Literature

  • Adolf Weinbrenner: Pulvermagazin, in Otto Lueger (ed.): Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, Vol. 7 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1909, pp. 274–275; digitalised at zeno.org
  • Brewer, Ted (1999). Czech and Slovak Republics Guide. Londres: Open Road Publishing.
  • Legal, Claus; Legal, Gert (2020). Friedrich II. von Preußen und Quintus Icilius: Der König und der Obrist. Munique: utzverlag GmbH.
  • Prokopovych, Markian (2009). Habsburg Lemberg: Architecture, Public Space, and Politics in the Galician Capital, 1772-1914. Lafaiete Oeste, Indiana: Imprensa da Universidade de Purdue.


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