The bell tower is located at the north-west corner of the former Pößneck town fortifications. Nothing is known about its age. However, it was certainly built in connection with the founding of the town in the 13th century. The bell tower was about twice as high as the town wall (approx. 15 m).
It had a high, slender spire in which a bell hung. The tower was demolished around 1800 due to dilapidation. Around 1850, the leather merchant and banker Richard Eberlein had a tower with a pointed roof built on the existing bastion or snail. The building was called the bell tower again, although there was no longer a bell.