Mühlburg Gate

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The Mühlburger Tor in the 19th century
Christ Church and body dragon monument at the Mühlburger Tor

Mühlburger Tor is a busy place in the western part of Karlsruhe . It bears its name after one of the six former Karlsruhe city ​​gates . The architect of this gate was Friedrich Weinbrenner , who was also responsible for the design of the Ettlinger Tor .

history

One of the gripping sculptures of the former Mühlburger Tor

The Mühlburger Tor was built between 1817 and 1821 and stood on what was then "Langen Strasse" (today Kaiserstrasse ). It consisted of an archway and two classicist guard houses. The gate marked the western border of Karlsruhe to the neighboring town of Mühlburg , which is now a district of Karlsruhe. The actual gate was removed as early as 1874 in order to widen the road layout at that time in the course of major renovations. During the Second World War, the Mühlburger Tor was largely destroyed and not rebuilt afterwards. The gate frames had already been removed and have been part of a gate between the palace garden and the botanical garden since 1967 . On the pillars are the distinctive sculptures of two griffins , which stood as symbols for the independence of the Baden state at that time.

Others

At the Mühlburger Tor you will find the Rathaus West , the Leibdragonerdenkmal and the Christ Church . The Kaiser Wilhelm I monument stands on the neighboring Kaiserplatz . The Helmholtz-Gymnasium is close to the Mühlburger Tor in the Kaiserallee. As part of the combined solution , an exit ramp to the tram tunnel under Kaiserstraße is being built at Mühlburger Tor. Today the Mühlburger Tor represents the border between the two districts of Karlsruhe city center and west city and is one of the city's busiest hubs.

Karlsruhe city gates

Karlsruhe had a total of six city gates. Besides the Mühlburger Tor, these were the Durlacher Tor , the Linkenheimer Tor , the Rüppurrer Tor , the Karlstor and the Ettlinger Tor . None of the former city gates have survived. You can still find the names of the former buildings in different mentions (e.g. street names, stops).

Web links

Commons : Mühlburger Tor  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Dagmar Zimdars, Andrea Teuscher u. a. (Ed.), Georg Dehio (Gre.): Handbook of German Art Monuments : Baden-Württemberg I. The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , p. 396.

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 37.2 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 17.1 ″  E