Marburg Gate
The Marburg Gate around 1850 after Wilhelm Scheiner
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The Marburger Tor was one of the three large gates of the Siegen city fortifications of the then Nassau city of Siegen , now part of North Rhine-Westphalia . It was at the northeast end of the old town on Siegberg in the area of today's Marburger Tor street, which connects to Marburger Strasse.
Mentioned as early as 1311, it is the first mentioned gate of Siegen. It also had the largest fortification of the three gate towers. In the 16th century it was turned into a bulwark. From around 1800 the city's fortifications began to deteriorate. In 1830 the vault of the Marburg Gate was removed, in 1852 and 1889 the gate was finally demolished.
Web links
Commons : Siegener Stadtbefestigung - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Tower-crowned with a wall belt, she looked defiantly into the country - article about the Siegen city fortifications on h-bensberg.de (accessed on May 5, 2018)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ 35 " N , 8 ° 1 ′ 45" E