Jacob's Middle Gate

No. 20 = Jacob's Middle Gate

The Jakobsmittelor ( Porta decumana ) was a city gate with barbican in the west- south- west of Aachen and belonged to the inner city wall of Aachen , which is also called the inner ring , first wall or Barbarossa wall . This was built at the instigation of Emperor Friedrich I between 1171 and 1175 and ran roughly where the inner ring of the city of Aachen still runs today. The Jakobsmittelor and the Burtscheider Mitteltor were demolished around the end of the 16th century as the first gates of the inner city wall.

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The Jakobsmittelor was one of the main gates of the Barbarossa Wall and was located between the two secondary gates, the Königsmittelor and Scherptor , more precisely at the point where Jakobstraße, Löhergraben and Karlsgraben meet today. The Karlsschützen held their target shooting between the Jacob's Middle Gate and the King's Middle Gate , which is what gave today's Karlsgraben its name.

The Jakobsmittelor was part of the route for the transit of taxable goods that passed through Aachen. At the time, this led from the Kölntor on Jülicher Straße past the cathedral via the fish market to Jakobsmittelor.