Toppler Castle
Fourteenth-century moated tower house with overhanging half-timbered floors on a slender stone base.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Toppler Castle, the little tower house in the Tauber valley below Rothenburg ob der Tauber, is about Heinrich Toppler, the town's powerful mayor in the late fourteenth century, and the odd summer retreat he built. It looks at the engineering behind its shape, from a spring-fed artificial pond to a mill down the valley. Stand where you can see both the stone base and the overhanging timber floors.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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