Münchentorturm

Münchentorturm, 2018

2006

The Münchentorturm is a listed gate tower of the historic fortifications of the city of Loburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

It is located at the southwestern entrance to the old town of Loburg on the west side of the street Münchentor . Immediately to the northwest is the Barbysche Gutshaus .

Architecture and history

The gate, also called Mönchstor , was one of three gates of the Loburg city fortifications. At the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, all of the city wall gates were demolished, only the Munich gate tower remained. Its origin goes back to the 13th century. The tower was renovated in 2016, with remains of medieval plaster being integrated under ivy.

In the local register of monuments , the gate tower is listed as a monument under registration number 107 05042 .

literature

• Folkhard Cremer in Georg Dehio , Handbook of German Art Monuments , Saxony-Anhalt I, Magdeburg administrative district . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 , p. 430.

Web links

• Reports on the preservation of monuments 2016 published by the State Office for Preservation of Monuments and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt, p. 60

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short question and answer Olaf Meister (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Prof. Dr. Claudia Dalbert (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Ministry of Culture March 19, 2015 Printed matter 6/3905 (KA 6/8670) List of monuments Saxony-Anhalt , page 2505

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 53.5 ″  N , 12 ° 4 ′ 21.5 ″  E