Lower Danube Tower (Work XXV)

Lower Danube Tower (Work XXV)

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Lower Danube Tower (Work XXV)

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Location: Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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August 17, 2018

Cycling

The bastion was built between 1845 and 1855 under Major von Völker, the defensive barracks under Lieutenant Sunday and summed up to 1,611 men. It consists of a three-sided wall with a hollow cross-beam on the Saillant, the Escarpe with a caponniere on the left shoulder, a very strong Bonnet casemate in Saillant and a Halbcaponniere on the right shoulder. In the throat is the big defensive barracks. The Wallenden were bricked and provided with powder magazines. In front of the factory was a wet ditch.
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Scout Jens

February 16, 2022

Hiking

A beautiful place here on the Danube. It's worth walking along the bank.
You can't see much of Work XXIV (Lower Danube Bastion) here. From there, a connecting wall led …

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NoWaElke

March 30, 2021

Hiking

The photo is of the Lower Danube Tower (Werk XXV) on the banks of the Valkenburg. The gun tower, called the "Red Tower" because of the material it is made of, is now used by the Youth and Culture Platform Donauturm eV, a volunteer-run youth club.

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