Raschitor
The Raschitor is a three-arched breakthrough from the beginning of the 20th century through the inner city wall of Worms .
construction
The architect and town builder Georg Metzler drafted the plans for the breakthrough in order to better connect the outer urban areas with the core city. The breakthrough through the medieval wall took place in 1907/08. At the same time, the adjacent wall was renovated.
In addition to the Raschitor in the north, the Andreastor in the south and the breakthrough for Herzogenstrasse in the east of the wall were also created as new connections to meet modern traffic requirements.
As part of the city wall, the Raschitor is now a cultural monument due to the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Protection Act .
Surname
Because of the immediately adjacent Judengasse and the nearby synagogue , the breakthrough was named after the Jewish scholar Rashi .
literature
- Irene Spille et al. a .: City of Worms = monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 10. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1992, ISBN 3-88462-084-3 , p. 40ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spille: Monument topography , p. 40.
- ↑ Fritz Reuter: The leap into the modern: The "New Worms" (1874-1914) . In: Gerold Bönnen (ed.): History of the city of Worms . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005. ISBN 3-8062-1679-7 , pp. 479-544 (537).
- ↑ Spille: Monument topography , p. 40ff.
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 3.5 ″ N , 8 ° 22 ′ 4.8 ″ E