Juliusturm
Built in the style of a medieval watchtower. Use of rubble stones, bricks, and baroque elements, including a boundary stone from 1600.
The tower has a ground floor and a first floor, from which one can access the battlement via an iron ladder.
After construction began in the spring of 1966, the inauguration took place on Ascension Day in 1971. The tower was renovated in 1999.
It is named after its builder, Julius Grünewald.
History / Stories / Anecdotes:
As is well known, the owner's passion is chivalry. So it was only natural that he built at least one watchtower for the birth of his son Julius.
Before he put the building plan into action, he desperately searched for the boundary stone that marks the border to the economic path. He credibly assured that he had not found it. So he began to build.
When he started with the first floor, miraculously, due to pressure, the boundary stone emerged from the ground.
The astonishment was, of course, great, especially when he realized that the tower stood half on community land.
Demolition was no longer an option. Thus, Westhofen has a building through which a boundary runs.
While collecting the stones, the population used to say: "Where Julius was not, the people still have the stones."
He received help from Ehrich Friedrich
