Perlachturm

The 70-metre-tall Perlachturm is a belltower in front of the church of St. Peter am Perlach in the central district of Augsburg, Germany.

The existing Renaissance structure was built in the 1610s by Elias Holl, who also designed the neighbouring Town Hall.

Of the three constituent parts of the name, "Per," "lach" and "turm," only the latter presents no controversy and means "Tower."

The conventional wisdom holds that the first two parts originated from the medieval fairs involving bears on the central square.

In Old High German, Per means bear and lach describes a show, or fair.