Linkenheimer Tor
The Linkenheimer Tor was one of six city gates in the center of Karlsruhe . The architect of the gate was the then building director Wilhelm Jeremias Müller . A gate built later went back to the builder Friedrich Arnold .
history
In 1759 a first, simply designed wooden gate was built. A few years later, Wilhelm Jeremias Müller was commissioned to design a permanent gate. In 1825, the last gate, which existed until 1875 and consisted of two simple guard houses, was built according to plans by Friedrich Arnold. In its early days the gate was called Ludwigstor, after the then Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden . The two guard houses remained in place until 1953 and 1954, respectively. The Linkenheimer Tor stood on what was then Linkenheimer Landstrasse, which leads to Linkenheim-Hochstetten .
In July 1907, in front of the Linkenheimer Tor, part of what went down in the history of Karlsruhe as a Hau riot took place .
Others
In the past there were six different city gates in Karlsruhe. In addition to the Linkenheimer Tor, these were the Durlacher Tor , the Ettlinger Tor , the Rüppurrer Tor , the Karlstor and the Mühlburger Tor . The former city gates of Karlsruhe are still in use today in various ways. There are several streets or train stops in Karlsruhe that still have the names of the individual gates in their names.
literature
- Karlsruhe around 1910. Engelhardt and Bauer publishing house, Karlsruhe
- Fifty sketches on the history of the city of Karlsruhe. Emil Mangler self-published by the city of Karlsruhe
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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '51.8 " N , 8 ° 23' 53.9" E