Schellenturm

The Schellenturm stands at the southern edge of the Bohnenviertel as one of the few surviving fragments of Stuttgart’s sixteenth-century city fortifications. Built in fifteen sixty-four, the tower displays a distinctive upper story made of timber framing resting on a massive stone base. Its name originates from the Schellenwerker, or bell-workers, who were condemned convicts forced into public labor. These prisoners wore bells on their clothing while they maintained the city walls and worked in local quarries, a group believed to have helped construct the tower itself.