Zugora

Monument and history

Pulverturm

Zug · 440 m above sea level

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Pulverturm tower
Photo: Schulerst, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Pulverturm stood in the south-east corner of the town fortifications and was used to store gunpowder. It was built from 1522 to 1532, measures 14 metres in diameter and can now be hired for events.

Facts

  • Built 1522–1532
  • Outer diameter 14 m, walls 2.7 m thick at the bottom
  • Powder magazine moved in 1863
  • Visits on request

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,725 / 1,224,219

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.