Greifswald Gate
The Greifswalder Tor , formerly also Loitzer Tor , in Grimmen is one of the three remaining gates of the weir system that surrounded the city. The early Gothic four-story brick gate rests on a field stone base and secured the road to Greifswald and Loitz . The gate is 8.09 meters wide and 6.24 meters deep. It has several distinctive plaster panels on the land side . The approximately 21.4 meter high building was probably built in the second half of the 14th century. Around 1800 a lightning strike destroyed the upper part of the gate. For financial reasons it was only partially restored , significantly lower and without a stepped gable . The building has a pointed arched gate opening with a barrel vault.
In 1932, during foundation work on the water tower, parts of a Gothic archway with a bricked-up opening were discovered. A field stone foundation was also found at a depth of around 4.25 meters. Experts initially assumed that it was a predecessor of the gate. As a result, the course of Langen Strasse would originally have led directly to the old gate. Further investigations and more recent excavation finds in 2000 and 2001 showed, however, that the foundations were around 100 years younger than the existing Greifswalder Tor. So these remains must have belonged to the lock and its fastening. This is also supported by the fact that in the first half of the 18th century the Lange Straße in front of the gate opened into an open space on which a chapel stood. After its demolition, this area around the Schlossberg was also built on.
The gate was extensively renovated in 1980.
Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 44.4 ″ N , 13 ° 2 ′ 52 ″ E