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2015-04-29 Basler Münster, Schweiz DSCN7510
The pointing to the west main façade of the two towers, the northern 64.2 meter high Georg Sturm and completed in 1500. Southern Martin Sturm (62.7 meters), dominates. The towers are in accordance with the knight Saint George and Martin named. The two saints are next to the main entrance on high pilasters shown below the respective towers by appropriate equestrian statues (copies). The statue of St. Martin dates back to 1340; the original can be found today in Klingentalmuseum. Below the tower Georg finds a monumental representation (1372) of the Knight George, who fights with a flashy little dragon.
The cathedral, which originally had five towers, named after the severe earthquake of 1356 set up only with two towers again. On older Georg Sturm one recognizes the lower light part which remained intact during the earthquake. The tower was a splendid Martin in 1500 finial placed. From the south tower from you can visit the Clock Tower from 1883 by means of a steep spiral staircase. The belfry is located between the two towers, which are connected by a gallery. Both George's how Martin Sturm have to climb 242 steps in and offer a great view of the city of Basel and the foothills of the Black Forest and Jura.
The two towers consist of three lower, unarticulated bullets and several bullets free. The lower two floors are simple and blocky. About the Gallery Masswerk the upper floors of the towers rise up. Since this did not occur at the same time, they differed slightly from its outer. On the north tower the bullet with putting an octagonal cross-section, and the spire of only about a square basement. On this is waived in the South Tower. As in the Freiburg Cathedral protrude slim Fialentürme at the corners of the octagons.
At both Münster towers each cultivated stair towers pentagonal ground plan led to its peak. The variations of the geometric design principle was the art historian Walter Ueberwasser (1898-1972) at the series of late Gothic Basler Goldschmiederisse evidence.
Display the sundial
On Martin Sturm is a mechanical clock and a sundial. At first glance, confused the display of the sundial, but it is not wrong, but it shows the old Basler time on that in Basel until the establishment of the Helvetic Republic was in 1798 th. wp
2015-04-29 Basler Münster, Schweiz DSCN7510
The pointing to the west main façade of the two towers, the northern 64.2 meter high Georg Sturm and completed in 1500. Southern Martin Sturm (62.7 meters), dominates. The towers are in accordance with the knight Saint George and Martin named. The two saints are next to the main entrance on high pilasters shown below the respective towers by appropriate equestrian statues (copies). The statue of St. Martin dates back to 1340; the original can be found today in Klingentalmuseum. Below the tower Georg finds a monumental representation (1372) of the Knight George, who fights with a flashy little dragon.
The cathedral, which originally had five towers, named after the severe earthquake of 1356 set up only with two towers again. On older Georg Sturm one recognizes the lower light part which remained intact during the earthquake. The tower was a splendid Martin in 1500 finial placed. From the south tower from you can visit the Clock Tower from 1883 by means of a steep spiral staircase. The belfry is located between the two towers, which are connected by a gallery. Both George's how Martin Sturm have to climb 242 steps in and offer a great view of the city of Basel and the foothills of the Black Forest and Jura.
The two towers consist of three lower, unarticulated bullets and several bullets free. The lower two floors are simple and blocky. About the Gallery Masswerk the upper floors of the towers rise up. Since this did not occur at the same time, they differed slightly from its outer. On the north tower the bullet with putting an octagonal cross-section, and the spire of only about a square basement. On this is waived in the South Tower. As in the Freiburg Cathedral protrude slim Fialentürme at the corners of the octagons.
At both Münster towers each cultivated stair towers pentagonal ground plan led to its peak. The variations of the geometric design principle was the art historian Walter Ueberwasser (1898-1972) at the series of late Gothic Basler Goldschmiederisse evidence.
Display the sundial
On Martin Sturm is a mechanical clock and a sundial. At first glance, confused the display of the sundial, but it is not wrong, but it shows the old Basler time on that in Basel until the establishment of the Helvetic Republic was in 1798 th. wp