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CastlePrester (Magdeburg)
Prester Castle
The Prester Residential Tower is a historic residential tower in the Prester district of Magdeburg, listed as a protected monument.
Located at Alt Prester 104 on the southern edge of Prester, in the immediate vicinity of the dike to the Elbe, the residential tower was built in the early 16th century. An inscription on a coat of arms plaque on the tower mentions the year 1520. The tower originally belonged to the patrician family Rode.
The tower is only two stories high and built of quarry stone on a square floor plan. Above a low cellar is the vaulted ground floor. The floor above, intended for residential purposes, has several living rooms and is only accessible via an external staircase. The staircase could formerly be pulled up in case of danger. The roof is designed as a hip roof.
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