Neisse tower and Neisse gate

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Drawing of the Neisse tower and gate, view from the Neisse
Görlitz around 1575. The Neisse tower is behind the bridge on the right (see also the inscription above the towers)

Neißeturm and Neißetor belonged to the fortifications of Görlitz and were the most easterly access to the town. A special feature was the Neisse tower under the Görlitz city towers, as it was not round, but square. In front of the gate a bridge led over the Neisse to the Töpferberg and the later eastern suburb or further in the direction of Seidenberg , Lauban or Bunzlau . The eastern bridgehead was also secured by a bastion.

history

The two fortifications undoubtedly go back to the founding of the city, but they were first mentioned in 1315.

The tower was completely destroyed in the fire on June 12, 1525. In 1539 it was rebuilt in a more delicate and artful way (see cityscape around 1575). The tower now had an outer circuit. A wall was erected behind the tour, which was crowned by a gable on each of the four sides, and the slender top rose above it. This was interrupted by three surrounding ornaments.

On April 30, 1726 the tower burned down completely. The new building, begun in 1737 under the master carpenter Georg Hamann, master mason Samuel Suckert, coppersmith Andreas Heinecke and goldsmith Müller, was kept in a simple Baroque style. The new building cost 1,350 thalers. Since the tower severely hindered the uphill traffic, it was demolished in 1836. The cityscape suffered severe damage as a result.

The tower leaned south against the inner Neisse gate. The outer gate stood directly on the Neisse, so that the Neisse brushed past the foundation walls. The city gate was too low for high wagons and therefore wagons got stuck in it at regular intervals. The only way to get them free was to tear the plaster off. Mayor Gottlob Ludwig Demiani urged the Prussian government for a demolition. He was denied acceptance for a long time until the following incident occurred. A member of the Prussian government visited Demiani on this very issue. As luck would have it, on that very day another wagon got stuck in the gate. When they received this news, both hurried towards the gate. A heavily loaded wool cart was stuck in the gate. The government gave in after this incident and had the city demolish the gate. There were rumors that this incident was a pre-arranged game and Demiani had ordered the car, but this could never be proven. The superstructure was demolished in 1841 and the side pillars in 1857.

The hospital tower , a protective bastion, also had to give way to the new urban development on the eastern bridgehead . It was located roughly on the area of ​​the three-wheel mill located in Zgorzelec , Poland today .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Jecht : History of the city of Görlitz . 1st edition. tape 1 , half volume 2. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 557 .
  2. ↑ a b Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz . 1st edition. tape 1 , half volume 2. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 558 .
  3. ^ A b Ludwig Feyerabend: Alt Görlitz then and now . Hoffmann & Reiber, 1928, p. 46 ( obc.opole.pl ).
  4. ^ Richard Jecht: History of the city of Görlitz . 1st edition. tape 1 , half volume 2. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 558 f .

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 28.6 ″  N , 14 ° 59 ′ 34.1 ″  E