Charlotte Gate

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The Charlottentor was part of the city fortifications of the city of Magdeburg and was part of the Magdeburg Fortress .

location

The gate represented the easternmost entrance to the city and fortress of Magdeburg. Coming from the east one got through the gate into the tower hill , the bridgehead of the city east of the Elbe . In order to get to the old town , traffic first had to cross an Elbarm, then along the Magdeburg Citadel , then over another Elbarm and finally through the Old or later New Bridge Gate . The gate was initially located in the middle part of today's street Am Charlottentor . After being relocated, it was located north of Brückstrasse .

history

Around 1820 the road from Magdeburg to Berlin , the Berliner Chaussee , was laid out. The previous route to the east through Cracauer Tor via Cracau lost its meaning. A new gate was built on the east side of the tower hill. The naming as Charlottentor could go back to Sophie Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

It was designed as a simple wall passage for the roadways. The gate pillars were bricked and covered with stone . There were swing gates made of steel on the pillars. A log house was built on the field side to protect the gate. There was a drawbridge in front of the gate that spanned the moat.

The route was changed around 1870. The Brückstrasse was created. The previous Charlottentor was torn down and rebuilt on the new street. None of the structures was involved in a military conflict. In 1886, the steam tram line from Heumarkt to Herrenkrug was moved through the gate .

Due to the strongly changing weapon technology, the fortress lost a lot of its importance at the end of the 19th century. The Charlottentor was abandoned as early as 1890 and demolished after 1895.

The name of a street located there as Am Charlottentor still reminds of the existence of the gate .

literature

  • Bernhard Mai, Christiane Mai: Magdeburg Fortress. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2006, ISBN 3-89923-098-1 , pp. 143, 242.

Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 36.2 ″  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 24.8 ″  E