Kosttor

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The Kosttor (left) and the falcon tower (right) based on Sandtner's city model
The Kosttor 1872 shortly before its demolition

The Kosttor , originally also called Wurzertor , was a city ​​gate of the second city wall of medieval Munich .

location

The Kosttor was located in the northeast of Munich's old town south of Maximilianstrasse at the point where the wall made a bend to the south, at today's “Am Kosttor” square. To the west of the food gate was the falcon tower .

history

The Kosttor was first mentioned in 1325 under the name "Graggenauer Tor". It was probably built during the first city expansion in the first half of the 13th century in order to get to the mills in the Graggenau from the area in front of the first city wall.

Even after the “semolina” was included in the wall, the gate was retained. It was restored in 1526. It is referred to as the Wurzertor on city maps from the 16th and 17th centuries. It got the name Kosttor because feeding the poor was set up here.

When the Zwingermauer was built at the beginning of the 15th century, the Kosttor did not have a barbican like other gates, but a round turret, the new tower , for reinforcement. In 1872 the Kosttor was torn down.

Plaque

At Haus Platzl 5 (Corphaus Rheno-Palatia) on the side facing Am Kosttor there is a memorial plaque with the following text: “To the north of this house is the Graggenauerthor, later called Wurzer-, then Kostthor, built under Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian. To the northeast of this house stood the Neuthurm, also known as the Schuldthurm, built in 1771. Both towers were demolished in 1872. "

literature

  • Michael Weithmann: Castles in Munich . Stiebner Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8307-1036-4 , pp. 122 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 18.3 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 50.9 ″  E