Semlower Gate
The Semlower Tor was one of the city gates of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund . It was part of the inner Stralsund city fortifications and connected the old town with the harbor island.
The brick built gate was one of Stralsund's seaside city gates and was located at the end of Semlower Straße towards the waterway . The Semlower Tor was first mentioned in 1277, before the city wall was first mentioned.
It was 13.30 meters wide, 17 meters deep and 22.65 meters high, making it the highest of the Stralsund city gates. It was used for residential purposes and as a store for grain; Bertram Wulflam was one of the tenants . During a redesign in 1599, two different Renaissance gables were erected.
After Stralsund was de-fortified , most of the city gates were demolished in the second half of the 19th century in favor of the increasing traffic. The last remaining gates were the Semlower Tor on the harbor side in the east of the city, as well as the Kniepertor and the Kütertor on the western border of the old town. The premises of the gate were used for other purposes after Stralsund was de-fortified; from 1927 onwards, for example, B. the members of the cultural association "Schlaraffia Stralsund".
During the Second World War it was damaged in the bombing raid on Stralsund on October 6, 1944 , but the archway and two rows of arched windows were preserved. The gate was secured in the 1950s and partially rebuilt. The further use of the medieval building, which has been preserved as a partial ruin, was discussed for a long time. Funds for a complete reconstruction were not made available in the GDR period or by the city of Stralsund at that time. Finally, the political decision was made to remove the third remaining city gate, so the remains were blown up on June 29, 1960 despite protests from the population.
Remnants of the gate were made visible in an adjacent house next to a staircase, which was renovated in 1998. A possible reconstruction of the Semlower Tor was u. a. in the summer of 2012 in an article in the members' magazine “Giebel & Traufen” by the “Citizens Committee Rettet die Altstadt Stralsund e. V. ”suggested.
literature
- Andreas Neumerkel, Jörg Matuschat: From the butt notch to Zipollenhagen. Stralsund streets and their history. 3. Edition. Druck- und Verlagshaus Kruse, Stralsund 2007, ISBN 978-3-941444-01-0 , p. 152.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Giebel & Traufen, members' magazine “Citizens Committee Rettet die Altstadt Stralsund e. V. ", summer 2012 edition
