Schwarzacher Tor (Sommerach)
The Schwarzacher Tor is a characteristic gate of the former fortification of Sommerach on Schwarzacher Straße or the main road in the southeast of the village.
history
After Sommerach was repeatedly exposed to military conquests in the 15th century, the abbots of Münsterschwarzach , who at that time ruled the village, began to build a circular wall with four gates around the village . In the southeast of the village was the mightiest gate of the fortification, because that is where the way to Schwarzach to the monastery of the landlords ran.
The Schwarzacher Tor was completed in 1486. The Münsterschwarzach Abbey and the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Rudolf II von Scherenberg are identified as the builders with a cartouche on the gate . In 1504 the village issued an “order of the Fürgehner” to manning the gates with guards. After the towers lost their military function with the introduction of heavy artillery at the latest in the 17th century, the community made the gate available as a poor house .
On August 1, 1902, the community of Sommerach applied to the Gerolzhofen district office to demolish the gate. After consulting the Würzburg Agriculture Authority , approval was refused. The community then began to preserve the remains of the walls that were still preserved. Grain was temporarily stored in the Schwarzacher Tor in 1909.
The gate was repeatedly rented in the following period. In 1923, for example, it was the meeting place for the Wandervogel local group in Würzburg. In 1941 the community renovated the gate for the first time. In 1958, parts of the surrounding wall had to be repaired. However, the Schwarzacher Tor remained exposed to through traffic. It rammed a vehicle for the first time in 1973, and accidents increased over the next few years.
The State Office for the Preservation of Monuments succeeded in directing the heavy goods traffic around Sommerach and the gate was closed to trucks . The community began a major renovation of the building, which was completed in 1980. The gate was rented out again in the following years, and at times it housed a painting and jewelry design studio . The Schwarzacher Tor is listed as an architectural monument.
architecture
The Schwarzacher Tor, made of unplastered quarry stone, is the tallest gate in the Sommerach fortifications. An inscription cartouche with two coats of arms and the Latin year MCCCCLXXXVII (1487) was placed above the arched passage . The year incorrectly refers to the year 1487, although the tower was completed a year earlier.
The tower has only a few windows with simple rectangular frames and a mighty hipped roof ; late medieval arrow slits and machicolations are located on the village side facing away. A staircase with a wooden structure leads into the tower on the right. A separate semicircular tower on the side ends at the level of the passage.
literature
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
- Winfried Kraus: Sommerach. New chronicle of the romantic wine village on the Mainschleife . Sommerach 2007.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 99.
- ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 100 f.
- ↑ Kraus, Winfried: Sommerach . P. 102.
- ^ Dehio, Georg: Handbook of German art monuments . P. 981.
Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ′ 38.3 " N , 10 ° 12 ′ 21.8" E