Harduinstor

No. 15 = Harduinstor; Graphic by Carl Rhoen

The Harduinstor ( Porta principalis dextra ), also Harduwinstor, is a former city gate in Aachen . It was built in the middle of the 13th century and belonged to the inner city wall of Aachen , which was built between 1171 and 1175 at the instigation of Emperor Friedrich I, and which is also called inner ring , first wall or Barbarossa wall . The Harduinstor was also known under the name Hartmannstor .

location

The name Hartmannstor suggests the current location of the Harduinstor. More precisely, the location of the Harduinstor is limited to the Hartmannstrasse , Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz and Kapuzinergraben areas . It was between the Adalbertsmittelor and the Kölnmittelor.

On August 11, 1315, the Bishop of Liège , Adolff II von der Mark , allowed the Aachen Begarden , who were located between the Harduinstor and the Scherptor and from which the religious order of the Christian Sisters arose, an oratory and chapel on a piece of land they had acquired to erect in front of the Harduinstor and to create a cemetery there.

The former Cymmergrav , named around 1429 after the carpenters' workshops located here, was renamed Harduinsgraben after the construction of the Harduinstor, but lost its name after the construction of the Capuchin monastery in Aachen and was therefore named Kapuzinergraben since 1615 .