Ash arch
The Aeschenschwibbogen (initially also called Aeschentor , later also called Inneres Aeschentor ) is a former small city gate of the city of Basel and formerly part of the inner city wall . It was the forerunner of the Aeschentor , which was built further outside after the city expansion, and was demolished in 1841.
The Aeschenschwibbogen was first mentioned in a document in 1261 as the "Eschmertor". The name probably goes back to a goalkeeper named Eschmar who lived near the gate. With the construction of the outer city wall and the Aeschentor in the 14th century, the Aeschenschwibbogen lost its original function, but was retained until it was demolished in 1841. The gate tower was twice as high until 1545, but cracks in the masonry made it necessary to cut it. There was a clock on the gate as early as the middle of the 16th century.
literature
- CA Müller: 134th New Year's Gazette of the GGG , The city fortification of Basel. 1956, pp. 12-14.
- Eugen A. Meier : Basel then and now. 3. Edition. Buchverlag Basler Zeitung, 1995, ISBN 3-85815-266-3 , pp. 118-119.
- Rudolf Suter: From the old to the new Aeschenvorstadt. Issued by the pension fund of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG. 1991, ISBN 3-907946-40-5 , pp. 6, 22.
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City gates of the outer wall:
Aeschentor |
St. Alban's Gate |
Wind monitor |
St. Johanns Gate |
Row gate |
Spalentor |
Stone gate
Candle arches of the inner wall: Ash arches |
St. Alban Schwibbogen |
St. Johanns-Schwibbogen |
Column arch
Other fortifications:
Letziturm |
Rheintor |
Thomasturm
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '14.6 " N , 7 ° 35' 31.4" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eleven thousand five hundred and forty-nine / 267048