Inlet gate (Mindelheim)
The inlet gate is a listed city gate in Mindelheim in the Unterallgäu district ( Bavaria ). It got its name in the 16th century when access to the city during the night was only possible through this gate for a fee. The existing gate building was first mentioned in 1469.
architecture
The building is a plastered brick structure and consists of an approximately 19 meter high, square gate tower. The passage leads through a barrel vault , which is bordered by pointed arch gates. The south side of the gate to the city is free-standing. On this side, above the archway, there is a round arch niche with a wooden figure of a Mother of God from the beginning of the 16th century. There are paintings around the arched niche and around the windows. The Bavarian state coat of arms from 1623 to 1777 can be seen above the niche , underneath a tape with the inscription "SALVE REGINA MATER MISERICORDIAE". Above the passage, the four floors each have two rectangular windows on the south side. The windows in the bottom row are smaller than the three above. Immediately below the eaves there is a small central window in the middle. The tower is closed off by a crenellated crown projecting over a valley .
The north side facing out of town has a transverse rectangular porch from the same period as the gate with a gable roof , a wooden ceiling over the passage and a pointed arch gate in a rectangular panel. The upper floor has three rectangular windows. The two corners above the gate passage are equipped with strong, profiled brackets cut through by the edge, which have no apparent function. A neo-Gothic image of the Virgin Mary stands in a rectangular panel above the archway . The gable on the north side is divided into two floors by panels. There is a double cross on the roof ridge .
Web links
literature
- Heinrich Habel: Mindelheim district - Bavarian art monuments . Ed .: Torsten Gebhard, Anton Ress. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1971, p. 329, 330 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation: Entry D-7-78-173-65
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 51.7 ″ N , 10 ° 29 ′ 13.8 ″ E