New Gate (Hanover)
The New Gate in Hanover is the name of two different historical gate systems.
New Gate (Am Marstall / Am Hohen Ufer)
This city gate was built in 1682 as a breakthrough in the corner tower of the city wall to connect the north-western corner of the old town via the Marstallbrücke with the Calenberger Neustadt . This gate was demolished between 1780 and 1790 and no longer exists.
New Gate (Schlossstrasse)
In 1767 the city wall was torn down from the archive bastion to the Holzhof bastion. In its place the esplanade (around the later Waterlooplatz ) was created. At about the height of today's Waterloostraße 2 (Kaulbach-Haus), the “New Thor” (also called “Holtz Thor” ) was laid between the remaining city moat and the Leine ; this is where the access to the lord's timber yard began.
After the esplanade was expanded to Waterlooplatz in 1826–32, it became the center of new military buildings. The city moat and the new gate were moved to the south (street Schützengraben).
In 1833 a new construction of the gate was created by the architect Ernst Ebeling as a monumental complex with four sandstone pillars and two guard houses. However, it was not a conventionally fortified city gate, but rather a symbolic gate to block a street. With the expansion of the war school ( cadet institute at Waterloostraße 13), the eastern guardhouse was demolished in 1895.
The western guardhouse was also demolished around 1960. The four gate pillars were finally removed in 1961 and, rebuilt today in Schlossstrasse, indicate the location of the old, no longer existing, linen gate . The Leintorbrücke is located near the gate pillars .
literature
- Arnold Nöldeke : The art monuments of the province of Hanover. City of Hanover , 2 parts, 1932; here: T. 1, p. 73.
- Helmut Knocke in: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (Eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 467.
See also
Web links
- Brief description at hannover.de
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '15.1 " N , 9 ° 43' 53.1" E