Grey tower

The Grey Tower, 38 metres high, is one of the largest preserved urban fortified towers in Germany.
From the top you have a magnificent view over the roofs of Fritzlar's old town.

Inside the Grey Tower you will find: On the 1st floor, the so-called torture floor with an exhibition on the persecution of witches in Fritzlar, pillory, pillory and "fear hole" (access to dungeon) On the 2nd floor, the "Wigand von Gerstenberg floor" with an exhibition on the destruction of the town of Fritzlar in 1232, with texts by the chronicler Wigand von Gerstenberg, designed with large-format caricatures by the artist Rolf Henn. On the 3rd floor is a model of the town of Fritzlar around 1500 made of wood and inlaid wood. On the 4th floor, the so-called Bonifatius floor, there is a plaster model on a scale of 1:1 of the Bonifatius monument (artist Ubbo Enninga), information about the time of the Bonifatian missionary work in the North Hessian region;