Perlachturm
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The 70m high Perlachturm is a tower of the Augsburg old town. In the 10th century built as a watchtower he is nowadays part of an ensemble with the Town hall of Augsburg, a landmark of the Reichsstadt.
[edit] The meaning of "Perlachturm"
The origin of the name "Perlach" is unknown, there are different opinions about. The conventional wisdom is, that it came from the middleage shows on the place with wild bears. Per means in Old High German bear and lach describes a show. An information board in the tower himself says, it came from the latin "perlego" (read through).
