Karlstor (Neckargemünd)
The Karlstor ( ) in Neckargemünd , a town east of Heidelberg in the Rhein-Neckar district ( Baden-Württemberg ), was built in 1788. The gate at the end of the old town is a protected architectural monument .
history
In 1771, the upper gate, which stood at the same place, was demolished with the other city gates . The Karlstor in Neckargemünd, like the Karlstor in Heidelberg, was built in honor of the Elector Karl Theodor . In 1788 it was built according to the plans of the architect Friedrich Christoph Dyckerhoff (1751–1834), father of Jacob Friedrich Dyckerhoff . The sculptor Nestel created the sculptural design.
architecture
The Karlstor made of red sandstone in the form of a triumphal arch bears the Latin inscription on the outside : "non urbis securitati ast Caroli Theodori electoris palatini gloriae aedificata porta palationo aque et extero sancta perenabit MDCCLXXXI" (not for the security of the city, but for the glory of the Elector Carl Theodor , the gate will nevertheless survive the times sacred to the Palatinate as to the stranger 1781). On the city side of the gate is written in German: "In honor of the father of the fatherland for the adornment of the city holy to the people".
The Karlstor is crowned by a coat of arms cartouche with a crown and a lion, to the right and left of it are vases made of sandstone.
literature
- Adolf von Oechelhaeuser (arrangement): The art monuments of the Heidelberg district (Heidelberg district) . (The Art Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Volume Eight, Second Section). Tübingen, 1913. [not evaluated]
- Ludwig Merz: Through the Karlstor into the Kraichgau. For the year of the baroque in 1981. In: Kraichgau. Contributions to landscape and local research , volume 7/1981, published by the Heimatverein Kraichgau , Sinsheim 1981, pp. 177-185.
Web links
- Photos of the Karlstore at the Photo Archive Photo Marburg (accessed on January 21, 2012)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '32.1 " N , 8 ° 48' 1.3" E