Johannesturm
Johannesturm stands in Erfurt, Germany, as the surviving tower of the former Church of St. John the Baptist. Its Gothic form dates from 1469 to 1486. Architect Johann Gregorius prepared the plans for this Gothic tower.
Documents first mention the church in 1131 and 1217, long before the surviving tower took shape. Worship ended in 1525 with the Reformation. The building then became a military depot in 1736 and 1759, and French occupiers reused it in 1811. Workers dismantled the church between 1817 and 1819, leaving this tower standing.
The tower serves as a bell tower for the nearby Augustinian Monastery. Model residential blocks from the 1980s stand to its left. Their design represented an attempt to demonstrate modern living in the GDR through residential towers of moderate height.
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