Kütertor (Stralsund)
The Kütertor is one of the former ten city gates of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund ; it was one of the five landside gates of the Stralsund city fortifications . Only the Kütertor and the Kniepertor have been preserved.
history
The gate, which is on the land side of the town on the Strelasund , was first mentioned in 1281. At that time it was a simple tower structure in the city wall, next to which a gate closer lived in a separate house. He had to control the carts entering the city and to close the gate immediately in the dark or when danger was approaching.
In 1446 the Kütertor was rebuilt taking into account the existing structure. The gatehouse served as a prison until 1862, after renovation work it housed living quarters for a long time. From 1963 to 2003 the Kütertor was part of a youth hostel alongside the water art and the water tower . After that it stood empty for a few years.
In the years 2012 to 2015 the Kütertor and the adjoining buildings (including water art, Mauerhaus, water tower and three new buildings) were converted into a residential area, under the name Areal am Kütertor . As of June 2013, the work was well advanced, but the planned completion by the end of the year was delayed. Work finally continued in spring 2015.
The Kütertor stands in the core area of the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Old Towns Stralsund and Wismar . It is entered in the list of architectural monuments in Stralsund together with the entire city fortifications with the number 718.
Location, naming and description
It stands at the end of Heilgeiststraße or Am Kütertor to Knieperwall or Küterdamm.
The name refers to the then resident in the neighborhood Küter , Fleischer exclusively offal of slaughtered animals ( Kuet ) processed.
The gate building from the 15th century is about 15 meters high and spans the entire width of the street. Its first two floors are made of exposed bricks , the third floor and the church-like lantern with a hexagonal steep roof spire are equipped with long-arched windows on two sides, between which white plastered mirrors create a decorative ribbon. The gate building has an almost square floor plan, it is 10.30 meters wide and 10.40 meters deep. The gate passage is about 6.5 m wide and is formed by a high pointed arch . The former subdivision into inner and outer gate is no longer preserved.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board on the building, as of July 2018.
- ↑ New building ensemble around old water art: 24 condominiums are being built at Kütertor . In: Ostseezeitung , July 23, 2013, accessed (again) on October 24, 2018.
- ↑ Kütertor on mv-trip.de , accessed on October 24, 2018.
Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 50 ″ N , 13 ° 5 ′ 10 ″ E