[1] Ehem. Franziskanerinnen Kloster

Description

The landmarks of the wine village of Filzen, which today belongs to the wine village of Brauneberg, are the old tower and the former Franciscan convent. The 12.50 m high tower with an internal diameter of 3.50 m features interesting quarry stone masonry with fairly even horizontal layers interspersed with rows of diagonally stacked stones and regularly hewn corner blocks. The tower roof consists of a low four-sided pyramid. The Andreas Chapel used to be attached to the tower, probably on the northeast side. Based on the masonry technique and the individual forms, the tower is an early Romanesque style work from the 11th and 12th centuries, making it probably the oldest preserved Christian building in the Bernkastel district after the base of the church tower in Kleinich.

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