Derker gate

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Derker Tor, city side
Pietà on the west side

The Derker Gate is the only preserved gate in the city ​​fortifications of Brilon . It was built around 1700.

Engelbert von Köln reinforced the city against the Archdiocese of Paderborn and Waldeck with a city ​​wall . Only this one of the four city gates has been preserved. It is named after the desert of Dederinghausen .

There is a pietà above the gateway .

The passage was secured by strong wooden gate wings, which were locked during the night. There was a barrier in front of the gate to optimize the control by the gatekeeper, who also held the key for the gate. A wooden turnstile, known as a loop , was also installed in front of the gate . When the barrier was lowered, the pedestrians had to "loop" through there. The gate was built around 1750, it is 4.50 × 4.50 m in size. A niche and two loopholes are let into each of the two arched gates to the north and south . The quarry stone masonry was rough plastered, remains of the plaster are visible. The passage was vaulted with quarry stone . The hipped roof was slated. Part of the city wall was still visible until the primary school was rebuilt.

In the upper part of the gate was an urban prison room (prison chamber); ankle and handcuffs were attached to the walls. There were no stairs to access this cell. Immediately next to the gate was the porter's office; through this led the access to the cell.

The porters (often called “portari” in Latin) monitored the incoming and outgoing passenger and freight traffic. In order to prevent the influx of beggars and other sedentary people, men of the shooting society were assigned as support.

Web links

Commons : Derker Tor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home history of the Brilon district by Josef Rüther, 1957, Verlag Regensburg, Münster, page 127
  2. ^ Brilon Tourism
  3. ^ Paul Michels, Nikolaus Rodenkirchen, Franz Herberhold, Architectural and Art Monuments of Westphalia, Brilon District , Volume 45, 1952, Aschendorfsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Münster, HRSG .: Wilhelm Rave. Pages 181
  4. ^ Gerhard Brökel: Past times, story from Brilon, Volume 3, p. 166, 167.

Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '32.41 "  N , 8 ° 34' 2.85"  E