Bentheim Castle (Battery Tower) (Бад-Бентхайм)
Germany /
Niedersachsen /
Bad Bentheim /
Бад-Бентхайм
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/ Germany
/ Niedersachsen
/ Bad Bentheim
World / Germany / Niedersachsen / Weser-Ems
tower, castle
During the 15th century, this tower was built to house an new artillery battery. This was needed to improve the defence of the south-west part of the castle. This tower has walls of 5m thick and canons were installed on two different floors.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_battery
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°18'7"N 7°9'20"E
- Bentheim Castle (Powder Tower) 0.1 km
- Kronenburg 0.1 km
- Bentheim Castle (Lower Gate) 0.1 km
- Bentheim Castle 0.1 km
- Bentheim Castle (Yard) 0.1 km
- Wasserschloss Wilkinghege 46 km
- Palace of Münster 49 km
- Osnabrück Castle 61 km
- Schloss Nordkirchen (Niordkirchen Palace) 68 km
- Bentheim Castle (Katharinenkirche) 0.1 km
- Bentheim Castle (Well) 0.1 km
- Bad Bentheim station 0.9 km
- Bentec GmbH Drilling & Oilfield Systems 1.6 km
- Wind turbine 6.8 km
- Motorway border crossing (NL/D) Dutch side ("Oldenzaal Autweg") 7.7 km
- Landgoedcamping "het Meuleman" 9 km
- Losser (municipality) 10 km
- Dinkelland 18 km
- Overijssel 53 km