Grüner Turm
Grüner Turm rises at the highest point of Dinkelsbühl’s old town, surrounded by well-preserved late-medieval streets. The city preserves historic buildings around it. Built around 1402, the tower once carried the names Hoher Turm and Luginsland. Its fifteenth-century upper floor still stands apart.
Green pastures behind the tower served as communal grazing land for residents. These Allmende belonged to all citizens, while the council expanded surrounding holdings through purchases and gifts. Dinkelsbühl’s status as a free imperial city connected its walls with controlled countryside.
The former Capuchin monastery stands beside the city wall, where a cemetery once occupied the ground. Workers demolished its chapel and reused the stones for a church consecrated in 1628. Founded in 1622, the monastery closed in 1802, while the church became a pilgrimage church in 1959. Its simple interior still reflects Capuchin style.
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