Hallertürlein

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Hallertürlein ("Green G")
Hallertürlein, view from the west

The Hallertürlein is a historic pedestrian gate in the west of Nuremberg's old town. It runs north of the Pegnitz through the Nuremberg city wall and connects the Nuremberg district of St. Sebald with the Hallerwiese .

Hallertürlein

Like its counterpart in the east, the Wöhrder Türlein , a small pedestrian gate was also built in the west when the last city wall was built by 1400. It was a thin, pointed tower (with the old name "Grünes G") and leads to the Hallerwiese . It got its current appearance through a renovation in 1519. It was named after the Hallerwiese, which until 1434 belonged to the patrician family Haller von Hallerstein .

In the south, the fortifications of the Pegnitz outflows (cf. Schlayerturm and Fronveste ) adjoin , in the north the gap of the "Hallertor". Albrecht Dürer painted the still popular painting "Dry walkway at Hallertürlein"

Hallertorbrücke

In front of the Hallertürlein, the Hallertorbrücke was built over the Pegnitz in 1564 . The two-arched wooden bridge, initially known as the “Bridge in front of the Hallertürlein”, was torn away in 1595 during the spring flood. In 1598 it was replaced by a wooden structure on stone pillars and repeatedly repaired in the following years. In 1697 the stone bridge was built, which still forms the core of the bridge, which has since been widened several times.

Hallertor

Hallertor with tower "Grünes H", view from the west
Hallertürlein (tower "Grünes G"), seen from the north from the wall breakthrough "Hallertor", in the background the Schlayerturm "Grünes F"

The Hallertor connects Maxplatz with the Ringstrasse and is named after the Hallertürlein. It was created in 1881/82 when the wall was broken through and the ditch was filled in to accommodate the growing traffic. In contrast to the city ​​gates that were erected earlier in the 19th century , it never had a gate building because it was only built after Nuremberg was demolished. Nevertheless, the wall breakthrough is still referred to as the gate today.

The horse-drawn tram line, opened on November 13, 1881, ran through the gate from Plärrer over Hallertorbrücke to town hall and Laufer Tor. The tram route was electrified in 1898. On January 2, 1945 it was destroyed and not rebuilt. Today's Hallertor stop on lines 4 and 6 is in the middle of the street in the Neutorgraben.

The street name "Am Hallertor" today denotes the gap for the multi-lane street in the city wall; in the south it is bounded by the Hallertürlein , in the north by a city wall tower ("Green H"), further to the north come the Neutormauer and Neutorzwinger.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helge vinedresser Hallertürlein . S. 399 .
  2. ^ Michael Diefenbacher : Hallertorbrücke . S. 399 .
  3. ^ Helge Weingärtner: Hallertor . S. 399 .
  • Further:
  1. ↑ a b For the number system of the Nuremberg city towers see seven-colored alphabet
  2. ↑ New pedestrian and cycle path underpass. General renovation of the Hallertorbrücke in Nuremberg , Bayerischer Staatsanzeiger from February 2, 2017
  3. ^ Robert Binder: City traffic in Nuremberg and Fürth from 1881 to 1981 . Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft 1988, page 12
  4. ^ Robert Binder: City traffic in Nuremberg and Fürth from 1881 to 1981 . Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft 1988, page 172

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Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '17.1 "  N , 11 ° 4' 15.7"  E