The Winkel Tower at Feuerbach station in Stuttgart is a striking relic from the Second World War. This high-rise bunker, named after its designer Leo Winkel, was built in 1939/40 and served to protect the population from air raids. Of the four Winkel towers originally built in Stuttgart, the Feuerbach tower is the only one that has survived.
The special architecture of the angled tower is characterized by its round shape and the pointed roof, which was intended to deflect falling bombs so that they detonated at the foot of the bunker. With a capacity of 305 shelter places, the tower offered refuge to many people during the air raids.
Today, the Winkelturm at Wiener Platz 3 houses an exhibition on air raid protection from 1933 to 1945, run by the Verein Schutzbauten Stuttgart e.V. The tower has been a listed building since 1996 and was extensively renovated in 2011, including the restoration of the original tiled roof.
The angled tower at Feuerbach station is an important testimony to Stuttgart's history and a reminder of the challenges and protective measures taken during the Second World War.
