For the first time Schweinfurt is mentioned in a title-deed

First downfall: Caused by a fight between the margraves of Schweinfurt and the prince bishop of Würzburg.

Occupied for six years by the imperial troups, then enty by the Swedish. Formation of the Latin school by Gustav Adolf of Sweden. After that another conquest by the imperial troups. The Latin school is converted into a grammar-school.Once more occupation by the Swedish.

Formation of the first ball bearing factory "Kugelfischer"

Strong shellfire, major destruction

First settling of the Main valley and start of construction works "MGS"

The "Schrotturm" building was founded around 1611-1614 by Balthasar Rüffer III. It was not a new building, it already existed before the second downfall of 1554 and was enlarged and renewed afterwards. In those days the building was larger than today. Until the 18th century the tower was crowned with a triple dome, the so called Welsh dome. This was considered a confession to the protestant religion, because - if you recall - in the diocese of Würzburg you would find mainly the high rising slim pyramid domes, which were defined as REAL needles by prince bishop Julius Echter. The prettiest and most complicated dome is the one on the town hall. Probably after 1800 the triple dome was replaced by a cone-shaped dome.

The winding stairs lead into the 4th floor, from the outside recognizable by the round windows. From there one gets into the so called Belvedere by wooden stairs, which in the old days could only be reached from the outside by wooden stairs. Doorways can be found on the 4th and 5th floors.

The tower was built to reach the separate floors in the wing-buildings. It was so to say the heart and therefore richly decorated. Unfortunately the 17th century's painting were for the most part whitewashed over and could only partly be laid bare. The entrance is a sumptuous portal in renaissance style. Winding stairs were common in private homes in the early 18th century. A stairs towers function was to connect the floors, but also to rise above the adjacent buildings and to bear witness to the owners status. May 17th 1818: Advertisement for the sale of here manufactured, fine polished, so called English patent grape-shot of finest shape and best quality and for low prices. In detail, English patent grape-shot was produced by pouring down melted lead from a height of 150 feet, during the fall the lead drops became round. It was then caught in water.

The tower was heightened with another four floors by Joh. Christian Voit, the grape-shot producer, making it a total of eight floors high. He added a square grape-shot catch on the south side and built-in a melting kettle for the lead to be processed. Grape-shot was produced in the "Schrotturm" until 1911.
The wing-buildings were massively destroyed in the second world-war.

The sanitation of the old inner town, that started in the 1970s, included the "Schrotturm". No private interestee could be found to take care of the repairs and use the tower.
In 1986 the building site measurement started corresponding with the directives of the Bavarian Historic Buildings Bureau. Funds from the indemnification-fund according to the monument-care-laws and town-building-support were appointed and the city started with the sanitation.
Re-opening of the sanitized "Schrotturm" in 1990.
Hans Sachs group (?)