Inner Sendlinger Tor

The Inner Sendlinger Tor was one of the five city gates of the first city wall of medieval Munich, built towards the end of the 12th century . It was located in the south of the old town, roughly at the point where the extension of today's Rosenstrasse meets the Färbergraben - Rosental road.

history

The Inner Sendlinger Tor was first mentioned in a document in 1289. It was a simple tower with a gate passage. In 1319 the gate tower was included in the town house of the upper middle class Pütrich family and named after them the Pütrichturm , in the 16th century it was called the blue duck tower because of its brightly colored facade . The gate was also called the Ruffini Tower after its owners in the 18th century . It was demolished in 1808.

Miscellaneous

At house Rindermarkt 10, the Ruffini house , next to which the tower stood, there is a memorial plaque (on the side facing Pettenbeckstrasse) with a representation of the tower (fresco by Karl Wahler) and the following text: “The Ruffini tower, erected in 1175, demolished 1808. “There is no evidence for the mentioned year 1175 as the construction date.

literature

Klaus Gallas : Munich . In: DuMont art travel guide . 4th edition. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 , p. 18 .
Michael Weithmann: Castles in Munich . Stiebner Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8307-1036-4 , pp. 106 f .

Web links

Commons : Inneres Sendlinger Tor - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ In 1175 a ruler was mentioned for the first time when a wall was being built. However, it is not clear whether this refers to the city wall or z. B. moved to the old court. There is no direct reference to this tower.

48.136376 11.573056Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 11 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 23 ″ E

[1] In 1175 a ruler was mentioned for the first time when a wall was being built. However, it is not clear whether this refers to the city wall or z. B. moved to the old court. There is no direct reference to this tower.