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[[Image:Christoffelturm1860.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A picture depicting the tower about 5 years before removal]] |
[[Image:Christoffelturm1860.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A picture depicting the tower about 5 years before removal]] |
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The '''Christoffelturm''' was a [[tower]] built between the years 1344 and 1346. It was located in the [[Old City of Bern|old part]] of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] city of [[Bern]], in the upper section of Spitalgasse, near Holy Spirit Church. |
The '''Christoffelturm''' was a [[tower]] built between the years 1344 and 1346. It was located in the [[Old City of Bern|old part]] of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] city of [[Bern]], in the upper section of Spitalgasse, near Holy Spirit Church. |
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After a political decision on December 15, 1864, the Christoffelturm was removed by [[Gottlieb Ott]], a Swiss building contractor. Ott began the destruction of the tower in spring of the following year.<ref name="dig">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~booga/gallery/christoffel/index.html|title=www.iam.unibe.ch|access-date=14 April 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126143855/http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~booga/gallery/christoffel/index.html|archive-date=26 January 2005}}</ref> |
After a political decision on December 15, 1864, the Christoffelturm was removed by [[Gottlieb Ott]], a Swiss building contractor. Ott began the destruction of the tower in spring of the following year.<ref name="dig">{{Cite web|url=http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~booga/gallery/christoffel/index.html|title=www.iam.unibe.ch|access-date=14 April 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050126143855/http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~booga/gallery/christoffel/index.html|archive-date=26 January 2005}}</ref> |
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The decision to remove the tower, which had become a [[landmark]] of sorts, was not met without opposition,<ref name="fig">{{Cite web|url=http://www.g26.ch/bern_christoffelturm.html|title=The Fight for Christoffelturm|access-date=14 April 2007|language=German|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001545/http://www.g26.ch/bern_christoffelturm.html|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> and the motion of removal succeeded only by a 415 to 411 vote. |
The decision to remove the tower, which had become a [[landmark]] of sorts, was not met without opposition,<ref name="fig">{{Cite web|url=http://www.g26.ch/bern_christoffelturm.html|title=The Fight for Christoffelturm|access-date=14 April 2007|language=German|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001545/http://www.g26.ch/bern_christoffelturm.html|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> and the motion of removal succeeded only by a 415 to 411 vote. |
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During an extended period of time, other statues existed near or actually on the site where the tower used to stand. These included a statue of [[King David]], both as a boy holding a [[slingshot]], and as a man |
During an extended period of time, other statues existed near or actually on the site where the tower used to stand. These included a statue of [[King David]], both as a boy holding a [[slingshot]], and as a man. An early 20th century plan to erect a figure of the Bernese [[knight]] [[Rudolf von Erlach (1299-1360)|Rudolf von Erlach]] was never realised. |
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== Other towers in Bern == |
== Other towers in Bern == |
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Revision as of 03:36, 2 May 2021
The Christoffelturm was a tower built between the years 1344 and 1346, which featured a prominently displayed statue of Saint Christopher. It was located in the old part of the Swiss city of Bern, in the upper section of Spitalgasse, near Holy Spirit Church.
After a political decision on December 15, 1864, the Christoffelturm was removed by Gottlieb Ott, a Swiss building contractor. Ott began the destruction of the tower in spring of the following year.[1]
The decision to remove the tower, which had become a landmark of sorts, was not met without opposition,[2] and the motion of removal succeeded only by a 415 to 411 vote.
During an extended period of time, other statues existed near or actually on the site where the tower used to stand. These included a statue of King David, both as a boy holding a slingshot, and as a man. An early 20th century plan to erect a figure of the Bernese knight Rudolf von Erlach was never realised.
Other towers in Bern
Bern's other medieval guard towers are the Zytglogge and the Käfigturm. These towers still stand today.
Zytglogge
In the Zytglogge (Clock Tower), a figure of the Greek god Kronos or Chronos strikes the bell atop the tower each hour.[3]
The tower was originally of wood, when it was built sometime between 1218 and 1220.[3] It survived until sometime in the very early 15th century, when it was burned down in the fire that struck the city in 1405.[4]
However, it was rebuilt with a new stone design, and has stood ever since. It was when it was rebuilt that it was fitted with a clock. The clock too, however, soon broke, and was left unserviced and broken for 122 years before 1530, when Caspar Brunner installed a new well-functioning mechanism.[3]
Käfigturm
The Käfigturm (Cage Tower), built 1256, ceased to be a prison in 1897.[5]
Notes
- ^ "www.iam.unibe.ch". Archived from the original on 26 January 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ^ "The Fight for Christoffelturm" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ^ a b c "Bern: The Zytglogge". Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ^ "Zytglogge the Time Bell". Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
- ^ "Käfigturm information". Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
External links
- Information on Christoffelturm
- Information on Christoffelturm
- Information on Zytglogge
- Information on Käfigturm
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