Marching Center Gate

No. 16 = The Marching Center Gate; Graphic by Carl Rhoen

The Marching Middle Gate , also called the Burtscheider Middle Gate , was a city gate with barbican in the south of Aachen and belonged to the inner city wall of Aachen , which is also called the inner ring , first wall or Barbarossa wall . This was built at the instigation of Emperor Friedrich I between 1171 and 1175 and ran roughly where the inner ring of the city of Aachen still runs today.

history

The Marching Center Gate was first mentioned in 1215 and was probably demolished towards the end of the 16th century.

The building, initially called the Marschiertor , only got its name Marschiertor after the construction of the outer city wall, as a further gate was built in the continuation of Marschierstraße (today Franzstraße ), which from then on bore the name Marschiertor. This second marching gate is still preserved today. To avoid confusion, many gates of the inner city wall were given the word "medium".

location

The Marching Center Gate was located in the so-called Barbarossa Wall between the two side gates Scherptor and Harduinstor . The location of the Marching Gate is based on the relocation of the Heppion Gate (Porta praetoria), which must have existed before 1171.

In the Marschierstrasse near the Marschiermittelor, the Paubach was split up and was used there to fill the city moat with water.

environment

It is known that the piece of land belonging to the city uffm Speicher was given to an entrepreneur around 1450 for the construction of a copper works on Kleinmarschierstrasse. Since the city showed great interest in this company, the operator of the company was the only one in Aachen to receive the privilege to produce brass . This entrepreneur, unknown by name, became the founder of an important branch of industry in the Aachen area. Through him and the immigrated Amya family , the copper industry in Aachen flourished so much that it formed its own guild as early as 1505 .

In front of the Marching Middle Gate, Matthiashofstraße still refers to the St. Matthias Brotherhood that was located there at the time and was attached to the Matthiashof.