Kröpeliner Tor
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The Kröpeliner Tor was built as the westernmost of the four large gates of the Rostock city fortifications around 1270 in the Gothic style . Even back then it was very large with its two floors and remained one of the mightiest of the up to 22 city gates at times. Whether it was named after the small town of Kröpelin , in whose direction it leads, or after a patrician family of the same name, is still a matter of dispute. It represents the western end of Kröpeliner Strasse .
history
A wooden gate is reported as early as 1255. The later stone gate was built on the same spot as part of the construction of a fortification in Rostock with a wall, towers and gates after the three original city centers had officially united in 1265. It was mentioned for the first time in 1280. The original two storeys can still be easily recognized by the different colors of the stones.
Over time, the gate has been expanded significantly. Around 1400 the bourgeoisie of the city decided to increase the floor by 5 storeys to 54 meters today. Since it was on the road to Lübeck and Wismar, it was primarily intended to convey the Hanseatic size and importance of the city to commercial travelers.
In 1847, around the time the city began to expand beyond its medieval wall, a neo-Gothic porch was built. The functionless gate became the city's splendid building. When a restoration took place in 1905, a griffin was also inserted into the large pointed arch panel on the field side. In contrast to the largely destroyed area, especially north of the gate, the Kröpeliner Gate was hardly damaged even in the British bombing raids at the end of April 1942. In 1945, although undamaged, the porch was removed for aesthetic reasons. In addition, a piece of the city wall, which stretched north of the gate to the fishing bastion and withstood the bombs, was torn down in favor of traffic plans that were never realized. A tram line also ran through the gate until 1960 .
The next restoration work took place from 1966 to 1969. Since then it has been the seat of the City History Museum. In 2004 it was closed. Today it is the seat of the Geschichtswerkstatt Rostock e. V.
General
The extension of the city wall can be recognized by traces of the masonry, as well as the fortifications of the upper wooden battlement (see illustration). The gate no longer has any connection to the city wall. Plans to close this gap were rejected by the Office for Urban Planning in April 2006; instead, in connection with the construction of the Kröpeliner Tor Center (KTC), part of the wall was modeled - albeit without historical references.
Web links
Kröpeliner Tor Rostock as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Münch, Ralf Mulsow: The old Rostock and its streets. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-934116-57-4 , p. 85.
Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 12 ° 7 ′ 44.1 ″ E