Basel gate tower
The Basel Gate Tower in Durlach , a district of Karlsruhe in northern Baden-Württemberg , is the last remaining city gate of the former margravial residence town . The gate tower is a protected cultural monument .
The gate takes its name from the city of Basel because it was formerly the entrance to Poststrasse and Heerstrasse to Basel.
After it was completely set on fire by French troops as part of the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689, it was rebuilt in 1760/61. The small walls in front of the gate originally served as bridge railings. The arches under the bridge are still preserved but filled in.
The carpenter Zacharias Weiß from Grötzingen put a vaulted baroque roof, a so-called Welsche hood, on the approximately 24 meter high rectangular stone building . A new staircase extension opened up the tower on the second floor after the city wall fell apart. The first floor can only be reached through a hatch through the ceiling. That is why the opinion was held that it was a dungeon for a long time . This is not true because the first floor has a door to the outside with an internal bolt. The first floor and the door in question used to be the entrance to the tower. Accessible via a wooden battlement, which led from the city wall around the tower, past the door, to the other side of the tower.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 59 '50.2 " N , 8 ° 28' 10.1" E