Upper Gate (Merkendorf)
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 Upper gate in Merkendorf |
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| place | Merkendorf | |
| Construction year | 15th century | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 '18.8 " N , 10 ° 42' 6.7" E | |
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The Obere Tor in the main street of the city of Merkendorf in the Franconian Lake District ( Middle Franconia ) is part of the city fortifications .
construction
The Upper Gate is a two-story building with a mansard roof and its core dates back to the 15th century. Like the Lower Gate and the Pocket Gate, it was rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century . Like the other gates in Merkendorf , the gate had a gatehouse , which was demolished in the middle of the 20th century due to the heavy traffic in order to break a pedestrian passage through the city wall.
In the gate there is an apartment that the city rents and in which the city tower used to live. The upper gate is adjacent to the former Latin school .
literature
- Wilhelm Koch : Worth seeing Merkendorf - little city guide . In: 600 years of the city of Merkendorf 1398 - 1998 . Merkendorf 1998, pp. 105-106.
- Wilhelm Koch: Worth seeing Merkendorf . In: Merkendorfer herb in the past and present . Merkendorf 2008, p. 18.
Web links
Commons : Upper Gate - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Koch: Worth seeing Merkendorf . In: Merkendorfer herb in the past and present . Merkendorf 2008, p. 18.