Rödelseer Tor (Iphofen)
The Rödelseer Tor is one of the medieval city gates of the Lower Franconian town of Iphofen . It is located on the north side of the village, on the old road towards Rödelsee .
History and architecture
The Iphöfer fence dates back to 1293. At that time, a predecessor to today's gate already existed. It received its current appearance under the rule of Prince-Bishop Johann III. von Grumbach in the 15th century. At that time, a wooden drawbridge connected the inner and outer towers, which was replaced by a one-bay arched bridge in 1827.
The inner tower, also called the Mittagsturm, stands next to the parish church of St. Vitus. It has a square floor plan and is made of quarry stone. A break in the architecture indicates a later addition of two storeys. The pointed helmet can be dated to the end of the 15th century. On the city side is the coat of arms of Konrad III. from Bibra . The midday storm was used as a prison for a long time and was used to house suspects. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation lists the tower under the number D-6-75-139-128.
The Vorwerk of the Rödelseer Tor, a semicircular tower with a conical roof and archway, is the symbol of the city. The tower, built in 1455/1456, is covered with wooden bricks and is designed with half-timbering towards the city . On the front it bears the coat of arms of Johann von Grumbach. The tower was extended with a tower keeper's house and a residential building on the side. A “little hatch” on the outside allowed those who were late to enter the city without having to open the gate. This barbican is registered by the State Office under the number D-6-75-139-135.
Anti-Semitic board
After the “seizure of power” by the National Socialists, a plaque was attached to Rödelseer Tor in spring 1935, and the Iphöfer city council had commissioned the artist Richard Rother to design it. The following anti-Semitic saying could be read under a depiction of the Franconian Apostle Kilian :
O Holy Saint Kilian, /
You'd nu mol sou oug'sahn, /
If you could keep us /
Above Rabläus and most Jews!
The boards, another gate was hung up, led to mixed reactions at home and abroad and were soon taken down again by the Bavarian Political Police because the 1936 Olympic Games brought more and more foreign travelers to Germany. Under the title “How Iphofen fought off the Jews. A poetic rebuff for the Hebrews ”reported on March 8, 1938 the Völkische Beobachter from the food banks and described the initiators as people with“ (…) a sense of healthy, down-to-earth humor and artistic taste (…) ”.
literature
- Andreas Brombierstäudl: Iphofen. A small Franconian town through the centuries . Iphofen 1983.
- Elmar Schwinger: From Kitzingen to Izbica. Rise and catastrophe of the Main Franconian Jewish Community of Kitzingen (= writings of the Kitzingen City Archives. Volume 9) . Kitzingen 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-139-128 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 23, 2013.
- ↑ Brombierstäudl, Andreas: Iphofen . P. 80.
- ↑ Geodata: Monument number D-6-75-139-135 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 23, 2013.
- ^ Schwinger, Elmar: From Kitzingen to Izbica . P. 219.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 20.6 " N , 10 ° 15 ′ 34.8" E