Bayertor
The Bayertor in Landsberg am Lech was built in 1425 as the end of the third city wall ring and as a gate to the east. It got its name because it points in the direction of Bavaria and Landsberg used to be a border town between Bavaria and Swabia .
It is the largest and most beautiful gate in the late Gothic style in southern Germany . An ascent is possible (May - October) and when the weather is nice you will be rewarded with a view of the Alps (the viewing platform is 36 m high).
In the 1970s the Bayertor was restored to its original facade after discoveries of the original facade were made in hidden corners. At the inauguration party after the restoration , large parts of the Landsberg population were initially shocked because they were not used to the unusually "kitschy" sight, but the true value of the colorful facade was soon recognized. Today the Bayertor is one of the landmarks of the Lechstadt.
Before the Bayertor was built, today's Schöne Turm was called the Bayertor because at that time it was the only opening to the east. After 1425 it was initially nameless, but was finally called Schmalztor by the population because the market women there sold lard. It was later given its current name.
Others
The Bayertor is depicted on the coat of arms of the Landsberg ice hockey club EV Landsberg 2000 .
Original painting inside the Bayertor
Historical clockwork in the Bayertor
Weather vane on the Bayertor
Swedish bell on the Bayertor
literature
- Karl Gattinger, Grietje Suhr: Landsberg am Lech, city and district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.14 ). Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2449-2 , p. 368-370 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 54.9 ″ N , 10 ° 52 ′ 55.9 ″ E