# Oberer Wasserturm

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In Nördlingen, Oberer Wasserturm forms a medieval defensive landmark beside the Eger canal and the city’s fortifications. Its square base supports a tower with a hipped roof. The upper level served as a gun platform, while the field side presents only a few windows or loopholes. The city side shows broad, flat brickwork. An oak trough once carried the city canal across the moat when water filled it. That passage brought the Eger canal into Nördlingen. Together with Berger Tor, the tower belonged to the medieval fortifications surrounding the former imperial city. Nördlingen preserves a fully walkable medieval city wall.

That wall connects the tower with the city’s medieval buildings and the geological landscape of the Ries area. The tower also guarded Nördlingen’s northern corner. Its defensive role appears in the few openings facing the surrounding field. The canal passage links water management with the city’s fortified architecture. The Ries area adds a geological setting to Nördlingen’s medieval streets and defensive circuit.

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

## Photos

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