Klever Tor (Wesel)

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Klever Tor frieze

The Klever Tor or Clever Tor was a city gate of Wesel on the Lower Rhine from 1700 to 1891 . It was in the immediate vicinity of today's town hall, which has the address Klever-Tor-Platz 1 . The preserved frieze of the gate is erected a few meters from the historical location.

history

The Klever Gate was built in 1700 and replaced the previously demolished stone gate, which was built at the end of the 14th century as part of the city fortifications. The newly built city gate, named after the Lower Rhine town of Kleve , had three passages and a relief or frieze in the gable with a representation of Frederick III. The creator of this work of art, which was also completed in 1700, is unknown; the client was King Friedrich III depicted in the painting. The gable with the frieze was eight meters high. In the 18th century, the city gates were used to designate the settlements in front of it and belonging to the city. Part of today's Feldmark was referred to as “in front of the Klever Tor” . Wesel was a fortress town under Prussian rule in the 18th and 19th centuries, which only changed after a process of deconsolidation from 1886. In this context, the demolition of the city gates began in 1889, with the exception of the Berliner Tor . The Klever Tor was demolished in 1891, but the gable frieze facing the city side and three striking arched keystones were preserved.

The area around the Klever Tor was used for military purposes even after it was demolished. As part of a barracks completed in 1897, a guard building was built on today's Fluthgrafstrasse as the entrance building, to which the frieze of the former city gate was attached. As the only barracks building in Wesel, the guard house survived the Second World War without serious damage. It initially remained in its place, but over time it became increasingly dilapidated and was demolished in 1961 while an adjacent school center was being built. However, the frieze and the three stones from the gate built in 1700 have been preserved and stored. A zinc box with documents and objects from the builders was discovered. In 1975 the almost completely preserved frieze, which had only been partially reconstructed, was put up again. Initially, a location facing the Kornmarkt was planned, but ultimately the frieze was erected a little further north in a passage between the town hall and Fluthgrafstrasse. There it stands above the ground supported by supporting pillars and is only a few meters away from the historical location of the Klever Tor.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The eponymous city of Kleve was written Cleve until 1935 . The spelling for the city gate was also corresponding, but today the current spelling is also relevant for Klever-Tor-Platz.
  2. ^ German town book: Handbook of urban history. Volume 3, Part 3, p. 403.
  3. ↑ A. Henze (arr.): Reclam's art guide. Volume 3: Rhineland and Westphalia. 2nd Edition. 1961, p. 658.
  4. ↑ a b c d Walks of a gable frieze. on: wesel.de
  5. ^ Feldmark and Fusternberg. on: wesel.de
  6. ^ Martin Wilhelm Roelen, Doris Rulofs-Terfurth (ed.): The reconstruction of the city of Wesel. Wesel 2009, ISBN 978-3-924380-25-0 , p. 183.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 32 "  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 41"  E