Söflingen tower Fort
Söflingen tower Fort is a fort in Ulm, Universitätsstadt, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg which is located on Weinbergweg. Söflingen tower Fort is situated nearby to the railway stop Ulm-Söflingen station, as well as near the shopping center Blautal-Center.Photo: MikeAtari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: was the part of Ulm fortress and was built 1856
- Also known as: “Fort Söflinger Turm”, “Fort Söflinger Turm (Werk XXXIII)”, “Soeflingen Fort”, “Söflingen Fort”, “Söflinger Türmle”, “Türmle”, and “Werk XXXIII”
- Address: Weinbergweg 65, Ulm, 89075
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poor Clares and Ulm-Söflingen station.
Poor Clares
Memorial
Photo: GunnarBach, Public domain.
The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare, originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Catholic Church. Poor Clares is situated 1 km south of Söflingen tower Fort.
Ulm-Söflingen station
Railway stop
Photo: Reutlingendorf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ulm-Söflingen station is a railway station in the Söflingen district in the town of Ulm, located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It dates back to the 20th century and is currently listed as a protected historical building in Germany. Ulm-Söflingen station is situated 320 metres southeast of Söflingen tower Fort.
Blautal-Center
Shopping center
Photo: Wald-Burger8, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blautal-Center is a shopping center, which is situated 680 metres southeast of Söflingen tower Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fischerviertel and Ehrenstein (Blaustein).
Fischerviertel
Neighborhood
Photo: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fischerviertel is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km east of Söflingen tower Fort.
Ehrenstein (Blaustein)
Quarter
Photo: MikeAtari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ehrenstein (Blaustein) is a quarter, which is situated 3 km northwest of Söflingen tower Fort.
Blaustein
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blaustein is a town in the district of Alb-Donau Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Blau River, 6 km west of Ulm and has about 15,000 inhabitants. Blaustein is situated 3 km northwest of Söflingen tower Fort.
Söflingen tower Fort
- Categories: fort, defence work, and tourism
- Location: Ulm, Universitätsstadt, Ulm, Tübingen Region, Swabian Mountains, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.40462° or 48° 24′ 17″ northLongitude
9.95529° or 9° 57′ 19″ eastElevation
506 metres (1,660 feet)Inception
1855Open location code
8FWFCX34+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 224464612OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Söflingen tower Fort” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Fort Söflinger Turm”
- Finnish: “Söflingerin linnake”
- Finnish: “Werk XXXIII”
- German: “Fort Söflinger Turm”
- German: “Türmle”
- German: “Werk XXXIII (Fort Söflinger Turm)”
- German: “Werk XXXIII”
- Russian: “Fort Söflinger Turm”
- Russian: “Werk XXXIII”
- Russian: “Форт Софлингер”
- Swedish: “Fort Söflinger Turm”
- Swedish: “Söflinger Fort”
- Swedish: “Werk XXXIII”
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