Kobolzeller Turm
Fourteenth-century gate tower with a sloping walled forecourt and a stone bay called the devil's pulpit.
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This guide to the Kobolzeller Turm in Rothenburg ob der Tauber starts with a small stone bay in the gate's forecourt that carries an unsettling nickname, and with the sloping walled yard beneath it. It then turns downhill, to a vanished hamlet, a hermit's name, and a late Gothic pilgrimage church to the Virgin Mary built in the fourteen hundreds. Best heard standing in the forecourt, looking up at the wall.
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