All the watchtowers on the city wall of Villingen-Schwenningen are like this, here’s some more I found while on a short walk:
All the watchtowers on the city wall of Villingen-Schwenningen are like this, here’s some more I found while on a short walk:
This is a clock tower. Most likely the internal mechanisms for clock precludes a centerline window. Something bolted to the wall, etc.
These clocks were installed far later than the towers.
The construction for the first one started in 1233.
The one with the part of the wall missing is from 1260, they are all part of the old defence walls of the city of Villingen.
I literally drove through two of them today.
Could be. I struggle to imagine what would need to be bolted to the wall, only in that place, only on that one floor.
That sounds pretty plausible, but I’m not sure.
The windows are only very slightly off center, inconsistent, and even the ones above the clock are as well (although the clock mechanism could extend both up and down).
But I also don’t have any better explanation.