List of city gates in Freiburg im Breisgau
The list of city gates in Freiburg im Breisgau includes the thirteen known city gates, some of which have not been physically preserved.
The medieval old town of Freiburg im Breisgau could be entered through five city gates in the city wall (the first five in the following list clockwise from the north). Two of these gates are still preserved. They were supplemented by gates to the suburbs. In addition, a gate has been preserved as a remnant of the Vauban fortifications.
Surname | Establishment | location | use | Whereabouts | |
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Christoffelstor, also Michaels- or Diebestor | 13th century | Europaplatz, northern end of Kaiser-Joseph-Straße , entrance to the suburb of Neuburg |
Prison and main torture site. The torture took place in the annexed torture house, which was extended in 1603 at the height of the witch hunt. | Demolished in 1704, remnants of the wall were found during the reconstruction of the square in 2017 | |
Schwabentor , also Obertor | circa 1250 | Oberlinden |
Road towards Höllental. The Zinnfigurenklause , the museum for the history of freedom in dioramas with pewter figures, has been in the building since 1969 | Increased around 1900, partial dismantling of the increase in 1954, still preserved today | |
Martinstor , also Norsinger Tor | about 1200 |
Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse , by the Bertoldsbrunnen |
Road towards Basel, used at times as a prison (witches). There used to be a restaurant in the adjacent building, now a branch of the McDonald’s chain | Increased in 1901, still preserved today | |
Lehen gate | 13th century | Crossing of Bertholdstrasse with today's Rotteckring |
Destroyed by a powder explosion in 1713 | ||
Preacher's Gate | 13th century | at today's Predigerturm, Straße Am Predigertor |
Tower of the Dominican monastery | Demolished in 1866 for city expansion | |
Schneckentor, also cat tower | 1314 (first mentioned) | the timber market, southern access to Schneckenvorstadt 47.992333 ° N , 7.848667 ° O |
Canceled in 1842 | ||
Mönchstor, later also Zähringerthor | Neuburg suburb |
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School gate, also Kretzetor | |||||
Peter Gate | Retired in 1677 when the fortress was built | ||||
Butzentörlein | Retired in 1677 when the fortress was built | ||||
Gerbertor at the Reuerinnenwinkel | Retired in 1677 when the fortress was built | ||||
Ledergerbertor or Klötzlinstor | |||||
Breisach Gate | around 1677 |
Corner Rempart- / Gartenstrasse |
Last surviving structure of the Vauban fortifications; Used by the city administration for offices until 2007, extensively renovated in 2007, today catering on the ground floor, remaining floors used by the university | East wing torn down at the beginning of the 20th century, massively damaged in World War II, restored in 1950, cultural monument of particular importance according to Section 12 of the Monument Protection Act |
literature
- Leonard Korth: The old Freiburg in: Freiburg im Breisgau. The city and its buildings , HM Poppen & Sohn, Freiburg im Breisgau 1898
- Hans Georg Wehrens: Freiburg im Breisgau 1504–1803. Woodcuts and copperplate engravings. Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2004, p. 82ff.
Web links
Commons : Freiburg City Gates - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ NZ. Freiburger Höllebrut eV: Chronicle , accessed on May 14, 2011
- ↑ a b historix-tours.de: witch tracking ( memento from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on May 14, 2011
- ↑ a b c Heiko Haumann , Hans Schadeck (Ed.): History of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau , Vol. 1, p. 117
- ^ Peter Kalchthaler: Freiburg Mitte: A street that went wide , Badische Zeitung from March 14, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2011
- ^ Sybille Bock: Friburgum-Freiburg: Views of a City , Waldkircher Verlag, 1995, p. 33
- ↑ a b Information board for the Katzenturm at the northwest corner of the district court in Freiburg
- ^ History of the city and University of Freiburg im Breisgau , Heinrich Schreiber, Part I Freiburg 1868, page 24
- ↑ Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms No. 1318 Freiburg (Breisgau) , accessed on May 16, 2011
- ↑ a b Red women's / men's bathing room
- ↑ Manfred Höfert: Die Graf von Freiburg , accessed on May 30, 2011
- ↑ a b c d e f Korth
- ↑ a b badische-seiten.de: Breisacher Tor , accessed on May 14, 2011