August 18, 1990:“Glen was stationed here for awhile. Saw the leaning tower of Kitzingen which really leans. There was a Fasching museum inside. It was not possible to touch the golden ball.”
The Kitzingen tower was built between 1469 and 1496 as a watch tower of the outer city walls. The pointed roof of the tower leans noticeably to one side. Legend has it that during it's construction, there was a shortage of water and a surplus of wine. The masons used the wine instead of water to set the mortar and the wooden beams were not properly set. Another local legend is that the golden ball atop the crooked tower contains the heart of Vlad Dracu of Romania. If you follow the path of the crooked tower, the golden ball leans directly toward a grave in the Old Kitzingen Cemetery that is referred to as the Grave of Dracula.
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Most people are afraid of Fasching towers and Dracula. Admit it I am FEARLESS.
3 comments:
That sounds really neat. I like the second story about why the tower leans--it is scarier!
What was in the museum?
Wow! That is old. Hard to believe something that old and leaning is still standing!
Fasching stuff of course. Hence the reason it was called a Fasching Museum. From Wikipedia:
"Fasching: Carnival occuring before the beginning of Lent. In parts of East and South Germany and Austria the carnival is called Fasching... Although the festival and party season in Germany starts as early as the beginning of January, the actual carnival week starts on the Thursday ("Altweiberfastnacht") before Ash Wednesday. German Carnival parades are held on the weekend before and especially on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday), the day before Shrove Tuesday, and sometimes also on Shrove Tuesday ("Faschingsdienstag") in the suburbs of larger carnival cities.
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