Prenzlauer Tor

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On the northern corner between Torstraße and Prenzlauer Allee is the Soho House Berlin
The gates of the excise wall around 1855

As Prenzlauer Tor in is Berlin the intersection of Torstrasse / Mollstraße and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße / Prenzlauer Allee on the border between the districts of Mitte and Pankow called. The former location of a city ​​gate towards Prenzlau in the historic Berlin customs wall is not an official dedication of the square, but is generally in use and understandable.

After the razing of the fortress Berlin with its medieval city ​​wall , which stood in the way of further expansion of the city, Friedrich Wilhelm I ( King in Prussia , also known as the soldier king ) left a customs and excise wall with a total of 18 gates in the years 1734 to 1737 erect. An excise had to be paid there for the goods imported into Berlin . At the end of what was then Prenzlauer Straße (today: Karl-Liebknecht-Straße) was the Prenzlauer Tor. From 1750 it was - next to the Rosenthaler and the Hallesches Tor  - one of the three Berlin gates through which Jews were allowed to leave or enter the city and was therefore formerly known as the “Judentor”.

The neighboring gate to the east, the Königstor , could be reached along the customs wall via the connecting route known as “Prenzlauer Berg”. In fact, Prenzlauer Tor is located south of a hill that used to be a mill location.

In the west, at the intersection of Schönhauser Allee and Torstrasse, stood the Schönhauser Tor .

The customs and excise wall became more and more of an obstacle to the expanding city. It was therefore torn down together with the Prenzlauer Tor between 1866 and 1869. The only remaining ones were the Brandenburg Gate and the New Gate (between Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt and Oranienburger Vorstadt ), the latter being destroyed in World War II.

With the formation of Greater Berlin in 1920 and the associated incorporation of the surrounding cities and communities, District IV was initially called "Prenzlauer Tor", but in 1921 it was renamed Prenzlauer Berg .

Web links

Prenzlauer Tor. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ralf Gänsrich: King Friedrich II had 5 windmills built . In: Prenlberg Views , Volume 21, September 2013, p. 8

Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '37 "  N , 13 ° 24' 56"  E