Spectacular Crane Work at the Perlachturm: Augsburg Beheads Its Landmark

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The city is renovating the more than 1000-year-old Perlach tower for nine million euros. For this purpose, a crane lifts the tower onion from the walls in a spectacular action – after a breakdown had occurred before.

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On Thursday morning, the landmark's dome will be removed and placed in front of the town hall. This isn't the first intervention in its 1,000-year history.

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Augsburg - The 70-meter-high perlach tower at the Rathausplatz is supposed to lose its onion hood in a spectacular action. A first attempt failed due to a calculation error. Is it working now?