Götzenturm

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Le château en bref

In the middle of the small spa park of Hettigenbeuern, a district of Buchen in the Odenwald, the Götzenturm is a fortified 14th-century residential tower that has become the emblem of the village. Roughly 10 by 12 metres in plan, it has three storeys and was once surrounded by a moat. Its name recalls Götz von Berlichingen: the Berlichingen family owned it for several centuries. In the early 19th century the tower passed to the municipality, which set up a poorhouse there in 1862, before a complete restoration between 1977 and 1980. Today it houses the village's local administration; the large room on the second floor is used by local clubs, and the ground floor holds public toilets. It can be discovered along the hiking trails of the Morre valley.