Hohepfortetor
The Hohepfortetor was a street gate of the Magdeburg city fortifications. The Magdeburg fortress opened to the north.
location
The Hohepfortetor stood in the far east of the so-called northern front. The north passage led through the gate in the direction of the Magdeburg suburb of Neustadt , where it merged into the main street “Breiter Weg”. The gate systems were in the southern area of today's Hohepfortestrasse.
history
The Hohepfortetor was part of Magdeburg's defenses as early as the 13th century. A gatehouse was already added to it at that time . When the city fortifications were rebuilt after 1460, the gate was also rebuilt. To protect it, two turrets were built into the inner and outer city walls. During the second expansion phase of the fortifications at the beginning of the 18th century, the gate was rebuilt again, with the construction of the bastions "Mark" and "Prussia", its security was further improved. There was also a change in the Neustadt Passage. An architectural redesign took place in connection with the construction of the Mark barracks between 1860 and 1863. After the northern front was abandoned in 1888, the Hohepfortetor was completely demolished in the same year. Only a single pillar was implemented in the Hohepfortepark.
description
After its last renovation phase in 1863, the Hohepfortetor had two different facades. On the city side, the approximately six-meter-high facade was mainly made of rubble stones. An outer archway, which rested on the right on a crenellated sandstone pillar with the Magdeburg coat of arms, was set off with a brick strip. The inner archway behind it with a passage height of around 3.5 meters was also framed with a strip of brick. The quarry stone walling ended at about five meters, closed by an ornamental frieze , over which a brick wall rose as a conclusion. The outer facade was clad with sandstone blocks, and a conspicuous crenellated crown rose above a narrow decorative frieze . The gate passage was offset on the left and was closed by a flat arch. A cast-iron plate with the Prussian eagle was embedded above the archway .
literature
- Bernhard Mai, Christiane Mai: Magdeburg Fortress. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2006, ISBN 3-89923-098-1
- IG fortresses in the Magdeburg Cultural and Local History Association (ed.). Prussian Fortress Magdeburg, Volume 5 , 2010