# Löwenturm (Pulverturm)

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The Löwenturm, also called the Pulverturm, stands in Nördlingen as a historic fortified tower.

Its horseshoe-shaped plan gives the structure a distinctive outline.

The semicircular outer side faced attackers, while the straight inner side opened towards the city with windows.

A distinctive drop roof crowns the massive battery tower.

The tower probably stood before 1533, although a 1546 document records it under the name Lewturm.

Its original role was defence within Nördlingen’s city fortifications.

The structure has remained largely unchanged, despite modifications recorded for 1522.

In 1883, the tower provided housing for homeless people.

A local birdwatching club uses the battlement level as a meeting room and stores nesting boxes there.

Owl boxes occupy the top floor.

Barn owls have occasionally visited those boxes, adding a living detail to this piece of Nördlingen’s defences.

The tower links medieval architecture with later social and natural history.

Its defensive walls, city-facing windows, and nesting boxes reveal how one structure has served changing needs.

- City: [Nördlingen](https://mytuur.com/en/city/nordlingen/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LwenturmPulverturm_6799e1f29fd24c48550a2618_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Löwenturm_bzw._Pulverturm_in_Nördlingen_-_panoramio_\(5\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LwenturmPulverturm_6799e1f29fd24c48550a2618_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Löwenturm_bzw._Pulverturm_in_Nördlingen_-_panoramio_\(4\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LwenturmPulverturm_6799e1f29fd24c48550a2618_2.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Löwenturm_bzw._Pulverturm_in_Nördlingen_-_panoramio.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LwenturmPulverturm_6799e1f29fd24c48550a2618_3.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Löwenturm_bzw._Pulverturm_in_Nördlingen_-_panoramio_\(1\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_LwenturmPulverturm_6799e1f29fd24c48550a2618_4.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Löwenturm_bzw._Pulverturm_in_Nördlingen_-_panoramio_\(2\).jpg)

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