Lusthäuschen (Rapunzelturm), Wetter
If there is one word to describe this half-timbered tower with an octagonal bay window in Wetter, Germany, that word would be "quaint."
Between 1615 and 1616, Hedwig, the widow of Johannes von Bodenhausen, commissioned a short longitudinal structure, known as Lusthäuschen, to be built on the northeast corner of the ring wall of the Schloss Amönau estate.
The corner of the ring wall of the property is slightly projected, creating an octagon or eight-sided wall. The octagonal section of the tower is made of ashlar blocks. The upper floor has a half-timbered frame.
On one side of the octagonal bay window, there is an ornamental frame called a cartouche. This cartouche features a combined coat of arms, representing an alliance between two noble families: the Bodenhausen and the Rau von Holzhausen. Notably, the Bodenhausen coat of arms displays three sickles.
The building inscription above the year 1615 was written in Latin: "HEDWIG JOHANIS CONJUX QUONDAM A BODENHAUSEN QUI VIR HECFUNCTUS VIVIT IN ARCE TOL ZW(?) HOLTZHVSEN PRO CHALAT(?) ESTEN MATE (?) FECIT COM (?) SEDES TUTA ET AMEN."
The building inscription below the cartouche was also written in Latin: "HINC HAE STANT AEDES MURI VI RIDARIA PORTA HINC PLURA AUXILIO SUNT (PR?) REFACTI DIE FAC DEUS UT PIETAS ET PAX HAC SEDE PERENNENT SINT (Q?) HABITATORES JUCITER NEOLIMES."
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