Ludwigsburg gatehouses
The originally at least eight gatehouses of the baroque city of Ludwigsburg were part of the former city fortifications. This consisted of a wall about 6 kilometers long and up to 3.5 m high, with gates at its entrances and exits. A gatehouse connected to the city wall, which served as a watch and customs house, belonged to each gate system. The aim was not to guard the city from external enemies, but rather to prevent the soldiers, some of whom were forcibly recruited and barracked in the city, from deserting. Six of these gatehouses are still preserved today; these are under monument protection.
history
Construction work for the city fortifications began in 1732 under Duke Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg , the founder of the city of Ludwigsburg. After his death the following year, however, they were hired again. Under Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg , construction work was resumed in 1758 and completed five years later. The baroque style gatehouses were designed by master builder Johann Adam Groß the Younger , who later became a land superstructure inspector. The Stuttgart gatehouse was completed and occupied in 1760. It was also the architectural model for five other gatehouses, which consequently formed an architectural unit: the Aldinger, the Pflugfelder, the Schorndorfer, the Asperger and the Bietigheimer gatehouse (no longer exist today). The first three were also completed in 1760, the Asperger Torhaus not until 1761. In 1802, the Heilbronner Torhaus was built, probably designed by court architect Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret . Due to its classicist construction and the smaller floor plan, it falls out of the ordinary. There was also a Marbacher Torhaus, which had to give way to Marbacher Strasse in 1950.
The gate guards were withdrawn as early as 1817 and the gatehouses passed from state property to the city. Apartments were furnished and rented on the upper floor. In the period that followed, the gatehouses were used for various purposes, including a. as a public toilet, as the headquarters of the NSDAP or as a milk shop; the building structure suffered more and more. The city wall fared even worse. A first part fell victim to the construction of the railway in 1845. At the end of the 19th century, almost all the remains of the wall had disappeared. Only a few meters are still standing today at the Pflugfelder, Schorndorfer and Stuttgarter Torhaus.
The 300th anniversary of the Ludwigsburg residential palace was the reason for a thorough restoration of the gatehouses, including the surroundings. For this purpose, the Friends of Ludwigsburg Torhäuser eV was founded as a coordination office. The renovation measures were financially supported by the Wüstenrot Foundation eV . The renovation work was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Builder Prize.
Todays use
The aim of the renovation measures was to make the gatehouses accessible to the public with the involvement of civic engagement and to use them in different cultures. The six renovated gatehouses now serve as museums, archives, exhibition and assembly rooms. Each gatehouse has its own motto and has its own "operator".
Aldinger gatehouse
Motto: art
The operator is the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH .
The Aldinger Torhaus houses the children's film house of the film academy. It shows how film works and how films are made.
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 12.8 " N , 9 ° 12 ′ 11.7" E
Asperger gatehouse
Motto: Protection
The carrier is the Military History Society Ludwigsburg eV
The gatehouse houses the Ludwigsburg Garrison Museum . The history of the Ludwigsburg garrison is shown there as a permanent exhibition. Current special exhibitions complement this.
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '51 " N , 9 ° 10' 58.8" E
Heilbronn gatehouse
Motto: life
The carrier is the Lower City Citizens' Association 1893 eV
Changing exhibitions on the subject of "life" as well as regular events take place here.
Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '8.2 " N , 9 ° 11' 37.6" E
Plowfields gatehouse
Motto: work
The operator is the Bürgererverein Weststadt und Pflugfelden eV
The Pflugfelder Torhaus was originally called the Leonberger Torhaus . Inside is the permanent exhibition Economic History of Ludwigsburg Weststadt , supplemented by special in-depth topics. It shows the change from arable land to industrial areas, which are now often converted back into service and residential areas.
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '27 " N , 9 ° 11" 0.1 " E
Schorndorfer gatehouse
Motto: history
The agency is the Ludwigsburg branch of the Federal Archives .
The permanent exhibition "The Investigators of Ludwigsburg" is presented here. The exhibition shows the activities of the Central Office of the State Judicial Administrations for the investigation of National Socialist crimes .
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '44.9 " N , 9 ° 12' 12.2" E
Stuttgart gatehouse
Motto: home
The foundation is the Kuhl Händler Archive with Heimatstube Foundation
In the gatehouse memorabilia from the Kuhländchen are shown, as well as the life there and the expulsion from it are documented.
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 20 " N , 9 ° 11 ′ 38.3" E
literature
- Günther Bergan: "To support the war power, to protect the citizens ..." Gatehouses, gates and city walls of Ludwigsburg . In: Ludwigsburger Geschichtsblätter , No. 58, 2004, pp. 251–292.
- Manfred Bornemann, Beatrice Soltys: Gatehouses open doors . Ernst J. Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-8030-0659-7
- Albert Sting: History of the city of Ludwigsburg . Volume 1: From prehistory to 1816 . Ungeheuer + Ulmer, Ludwigsburg 2000, ISBN 3-930872-04-8 .
Web links
- Friends of Ludwigsburger Torhäuser eV
- City of Ludwigsburg: gatehouses
- Web presence of the Lower City Citizens' Association 1893 eV
- Web presence of the Ludwigsburg Military History Society
- Web presence of the Weststadt and Pflugfelden eV citizens' association
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günther Bergan: "To support the war power, to protect the citizens ..." Gatehouses, gates and city walls of Ludwigsburg . In: Ludwigsburger Geschichtsblätter , No. 58, 2004, pp. 251–292.
- ^ The six Ludwigsburg gatehouses. lkz.de, July 28, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved October 10, 2013 .
- ↑ Manfred Bornemann, Beatrice Soltys: Gatehouses open doors . Ernst J. Wasmuth Verlag Tübingen / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-8030-0659-7 .
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