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href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prag_Pulverturm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Prag_Pulverturm.jpg/220px-Prag_Pulverturm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Prag_Pulverturm.jpg/330px-Prag_Pulverturm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Prag_Pulverturm.jpg/440px-Prag_Pulverturm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1063" data-file-height="1394" /></a><figcaption>The powder tower of <a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg/170px-Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg/255px-Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg/340px-Pulverturm_Meschede.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>The powder tower in Meschede</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>powder tower</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Pulverturm</i>), occasionally also <b>powder house</b> (<i>Pulverhaus</i>), was a building used by the <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> or by <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> companies, frequently a <a href="/wiki/Tower" title="Tower">tower</a>, to store <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> or, later, <a href="/wiki/Explosives" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosives">explosives</a>. They were common until the 20th century, but were increasingly succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_magazine" title="Gunpowder magazine">gunpowder magazines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_depot" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammunition depot">ammunition depots</a>. The explosion of a powder tower could be catastrophic as, for example, in the <a href="/wiki/Delft_Explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Delft Explosion">Delft Explosion</a> of 1654. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_powder_towers">List of powder towers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of powder towers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buildings formerly used as powder towers include the following: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Germany">Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are sorted by <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">states of Germany</a>, since there are so many. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Baden-Württemberg"><span id="Baden-W.C3.BCrttemberg"></span>Baden-Württemberg</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baden-Württemberg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pulverturm,_Leutkirch_im_Allg%C3%A4u" title="Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu">Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Vellberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Vellberg (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Vellberg</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bavaria">Bavaria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bavaria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Bad_Reichenhall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Bad Reichenhall (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Bad Reichenhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulverturm,_Burghausen" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulverturm, Burghausen">Pulverturm, Burghausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%A4rberturm,_Gunzenhausen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Färberturm, Gunzenhausen (page does not exist)">Färberturm, Gunzenhausen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Lindau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Lindau (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Lindau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Memmingen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Memmingen (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Memmingen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Munich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Munich (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Munich</a></li> <li>Pulverturm, Ochsenfurt</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Straubing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Straubing (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Straubing</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brandenburg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pulverturm,_Templin" title="Pulverturm, Templin">Pulverturm, Templin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bremen">Bremen</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bremen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bremer_Pulvert%C3%BCrme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bremer Pulvertürme (page does not exist)">Bremer Pulvertürme</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremer_Pulvert%C3%BCrme" class="extiw" title="de:Bremer Pulvertürme">de</a>]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lower_Saxony">Lower Saxony</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lower Saxony"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bentheim_Castle#The_Powder_Tower" title="Bentheim Castle">Pulverturm, Bad Bentheim</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knochenturm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knochenturm (page does not exist)">Knochenturm</a> in <a href="/wiki/Einbeck" title="Einbeck">Einbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Hameln&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Hameln (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Hameln</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm_Lingen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm Lingen (page does not exist)">Pulverturm Lingen, Ems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulverturm,_Oldenburg" title="Pulverturm, Oldenburg">Pulverturm, Oldenburg</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Anklam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Anklam (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Anklam</a></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Demmin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Demmin (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Demmin</a>, bears the name, but was probably not used for this purpose. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Powder_tower&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: North Rhine-Westphalia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Langer_Turm,_Aachen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Langer Turm, Aachen (page does not exist)">Langer Turm, Aachen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulvert%C3%BCrmchen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulvertürmchen (page does not exist)">Pulvertürmchen</a> in Aachen</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Meschede&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Meschede (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Meschede</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddenturm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buddenturm (page does not exist)">Buddenturm</a> in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zollturm,_Rheinberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zollturm, Rheinberg (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Rheinberg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulverturm,_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulverturm, Wiedenbrück (page does not exist)">Pulverturm, Wiedenbrück</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rhineland-Palatinate">Rhineland-Palatinate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Prague_07-2016_View_from_Old_Town_Hall_Tower_img8.jpg/120px-Prague_07-2016_View_from_Old_Town_Hall_Tower_img8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Prague_07-2016_View_from_Old_Town_Hall_Tower_img8.jpg/160px-Prague_07-2016_View_from_Old_Town_Hall_Tower_img8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2772" data-file-height="4159" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Powder Tower in Prague</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall"><img alt="Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg/90px-Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg/136px-Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg/181px-Pulverturm_Oldenburg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1591" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Oldenburg with remains of the old town wall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck,_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view"><img alt="Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg/120px-Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg/180px-Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg/240px-Pulverturm_Wiedenbr%C3%BCck%2C_Au%C3%9Fen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="286" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm Wiedenbrück, exterior view</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech"><img alt="Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg/90px-Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg/135px-Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg/180px-Landsberg_Befestigung_8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Landsberg am Lech</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lindau-pulverturm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Lindau"><img alt="Pulverturm in Lindau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lindau-pulverturm.jpg/120px-Lindau-pulverturm.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lindau-pulverturm.jpg/180px-Lindau-pulverturm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lindau-pulverturm.jpg/240px-Lindau-pulverturm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Lindau</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate"><img alt="Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg/90px-Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg/135px-Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg/180px-Pulverturm_neumarkt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_(Riga).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Riga"><img alt="Pulverturm in Riga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG/90px-Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG/135px-Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG/180px-Pulverturm_%28Riga%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Riga</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PulverturMM.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Memmingen"><img alt="Pulverturm in Memmingen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PulverturMM.jpg/120px-PulverturMM.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PulverturMM.jpg/180px-PulverturMM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PulverturMM.jpg/240px-PulverturMM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="819" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Memmingen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Langer Turm in Aachen"><img alt="Langer Turm in Aachen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg/120px-Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg/180px-Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg/240px-Aachen_Langer_Turm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3222" data-file-height="3222" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Langer Turm in Aachen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein"><img alt="Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg/80px-Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg/120px-Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg/159px-Pulverturm_Linz_am_Rhein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Linz am Rhein</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_Rottenburg_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar"><img alt="Pulverturm in Rottenburg/Neckar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Pulverturm_Rottenburg_01.JPG/90px-Pulverturm_Rottenburg_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Pulverturm_Rottenburg_01.JPG/135px-Pulverturm_Rottenburg_01.JPG 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Pulverturm_Johanngeorgenstadt.jpg/180px-Pulverturm_Johanngeorgenstadt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Johanngeorgenstadt</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulverturm_otjimbingwe_namibia_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia"><img alt="Pulverturm in Otjimbingwe, Namibia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pulverturm_otjimbingwe_namibia_2012.jpg/120px-Pulverturm_otjimbingwe_namibia_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pulverturm_otjimbingwe_namibia_2012.jpg/180px-Pulverturm_otjimbingwe_namibia_2012.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Pulverturm_in_Zofingen.jpg/160px-Pulverturm_in_Zofingen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pulverturm in Zofingen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zwickau_city_wall_with_powder_tower_(aka).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pulverturm in Zwickau"><img alt="Pulverturm in Zwickau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Zwickau_city_wall_with_powder_tower_%28aka%29.jpg/80px-Zwickau_city_wall_with_powder_tower_%28aka%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Zwickau_city_wall_with_powder_tower_%28aka%29.jpg/119px-Zwickau_city_wall_with_powder_tower_%28aka%29.jpg 1.5x, 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