Pleinfeld Gate
The Pleinfelder Tor is the last existing city gate of the former city fortifications of the city of Ellingen in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The gate has the address Pleinfelder Straße 31 and is in the north of the old town of Ellingen . The building is registered under the monument number D-5-77-125-68 as an architectural monument in the Bavarian monument list.
The previous building was from the 16th century; the current early baroque building dates from 1660, making it the oldest part of the city fortifications. The gate tower, which is flanked by two round towers , is located at the highest point in the old town of Ellingen . The massive Pleinfelder Tor is adorned with the coat of arms of the Teutonic Order . Today there is a local history museum and a toy museum in the gate . The building is part of the Ellinger Barockrundweg .
literature
- Gotthard Kießling: Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume V.70 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-87490-581-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City gate, so-called Pleinfelder Tor ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ The Pleinfelder Tor in Ellingen (Franconia) , www.welt-der-wappen.de
- ↑ The Pleinfelder Tor in Ellingen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Toy Museum in Pleinfelder Tor , www.ellingen.de
Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '46.2 " N , 10 ° 58' 2.4" E