Leintor (Hanover)

As a city gate, the Leintor in Hanover was part of the medieval city fortifications of Hanover . The gate that no longer exists today was in front of today's Schloßstraße.

Today the New Gate stands at the location of the no longer existing Leintor

Around 1585: View of the city from the west, with the outer and inner Leintor;
Woodcut from the Chronicle of Henry Bünting

location

The gate was in the course of the streets that crossed the two arms of the river Leine and the Ihme. The Schloßstraße led south past the Calenberger Neustadt over the "Calenberger Steinweg" (today: Calenberger Straße) to Linden . Today, in front of Schloßstraße, the pillars of the former gates of the New Gate remind of the Leintor.

history

Inner linen gate

The Inner Leintor was first mentioned in 1340 and was set into the city wall. It consisted of a medieval gate tower with three upper floors and a stair tower attached to the side.

In 1517 a kennel was added to the gate , which was demolished in the middle of the 17th century. In 1714 the gate tower was damaged in the fire in the Leineschloss . The tower was then sold by the city and included in the Leintor, only to be demolished in 1797/98.

Outer linen gate

The Outer Leintor stood in the Old Town Wall on the Leine Island . It was expanded into a homeyde (arched passage) in 1446 and a gate with a bulwark above it in 1544. Since then it was secured by a kennel southwest of the mill arm of the Leine, and in 1599 by another kennel northwest of the mill arm.

After the Calenberger Neustadt was included in the fortress, the Leintor was removed.

In 1961 the pillars of the New Gate were moved from Waterloostraße in front of Schloßstraße, reminding of the former Leintor and the city fortifications.

literature

Arnold Nöldeke : The art monuments of the province of Hanover. City of Hanover , 2 parts, 1932; here: T. 1, pp. 52-54, 56, 58
Helmut Knocke in: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 399.