Mill Gate (Bautzen)

City side

outside the city walls

The Mill Gate , Sorbian Wrota Mlynske ^{? / i} , is a city ​​gate in Bautzen .

This is the smallest of the medieval city gates and the only access to the city from the west side. It was not built until after the sieges by the Hussites in 1429 and 1431. It was probably intended as a sideline for future defenses of the western section of the city wall. After the path that led from the Spreetal up to the Wendish churchyard ( Eselsberg ), it was initially referred to as the "Eselstor". In this way, flour and grain were transported on donkeys between the city and the mills in the Spreetal. It has had its present form since 1606. The pointed arches of the mill gate are made of hand-painted bricks and rest on granite pillars .

The construction of the mill gate paid off in the Thirty Years' War in 1620 at the latest , when the city troops had access to the council mill on the Spree . This enabled them to defend and hold them against the attacking Saxon troops.

Almost all transports from the west into the city came through the gate. At 9:30 p.m. it was closed by the gatekeeper. This profession was not abolished until 1835. Formerly that was located on the upper floor guard room of the gatekeeper. Today these rooms are used for lectures and exhibitions.

Web links

• www.mühltor.de

Commons : Mühltor (Bautzen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '51.4 "  N , 14 ° 25' 14.1"  E