Riehentor
The row gate seen from the outside. Theodorskirche in the background on the left (watercolor, around 1840/1850)
The Riehentor was a city gate of the city of Basel and was once part of the Basel city wall . It was the second city gate in Kleinbasel next to the wind instrument . A few years after the Basel City Extension Act was passed in 1859, it was demolished.
Web links
- mybasel.ch - the city of seven gates
- Tramclub Basel - route history
- Riehentor (& Bläsitor) on altbasel.ch http://www.altbasel.ch/fragen/blaesitor_riehentor.html
City gates of the outer wall:
Aeschentor |
St. Alban's Gate |
Wind monitor |
St. Johanns Gate |
Row gate |
Spalentor |
Stone gate
Candle arches of the inner wall: Ash arches |
St. Alban Schwibbogen |
St. Johanns-Schwibbogen |
Column arch
Other fortifications:
Letziturm |
Rheintor |
Thomasturm
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '35 .9 " N , 7 ° 35' 48.3" E ; CH1903: 611,901 / two hundred sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and six