Färbertor (Nuremberg)

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"Rotes H" tower at the Färbertor in Nuremberg, view from the south
The gatehouse built in 1848 and demolished in 1891

The Färbertor was a gate through the Nuremberg city wall and is now one of the main entrances to the southern Nuremberg old town.

Färbertor

Already at the time of the penultimate city wall, the Färbersbrücklein led over the penultimate city moat at the time of the no longer existing Tuchmacherszwinger . A bridge over the last moat , also called Färbersbrücklein, was mentioned later, privately financed in 1540 .

At the beginning of the 19th century, the southern suburbs of Nuremberg developed very quickly. As the first major adaptation of the women's gate wall to the urban development, the Färbertor was built in 1848 by Bernhard Solger as a neo-Gothic gatehouse. It was named after Färberstrasse, which ran in north direction and was renamed in 1809.

In 1891 the Färbertor was torn down again due to the growing traffic and the ditch was filled in at this point. During the Second World War, the old "Rotes H" tower was replaced by a bunker.

In the 1960s, the moat was filled in to widen the street "Frauentorgraben" from the Färbertor to the Frauentor . Parking spaces were created by the wall. During the construction of the U2 underground line and the Opernhaus underground station , this section of the trench was exposed again in 1987.

Strictly speaking, the name “Färbertor” today only describes a gap in the city wall, which extends both to the west and east.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wiltrud Fischer-Pache: Färberstrasse . S. 274 .
  2. ^ Helge Weingärtner: Färbertor . S. 274 .
  • Other sources
  1. ^ Johann Ferdinand Roth: History of the Nuremberg Trade, Part 4 , Leipzig 1802, from Google Books, accessed on January 3, 2010

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 50.8 "  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 18.5"  E