Pegau town hall tower

The 136-step spiral staircase dating from 1668 leads halfway up past the oldest museum of local history in central Germany. The Renaissance town hall was built between 1559 and 1561 by Paul Widemann according to plans by Leipzig's architect and mayor Hieronymus Lotter. From the top of the tower, you have a view of the picturesque old town, St. Laurentius Church, the water tower and, on the horizon, the Leipzig skyline with the MDR high-rise and the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, as well as the expansive floodplain landscapes of the Weißer Elster and Schnauder rivers. There is an unexpected amount of greenery all around, from the city park at the city wall to the Poetenweg and the König-Albert-Hain. Visitors can relax in the Türmerstube, where tower keeper Hermann Zetsche and his family of six once worked until 1919.

- There is a coin-operated toilet for visitors behind the town hall