sendlinger Gate

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The gate as seen from Sendlinger Strasse
The gate as seen from Sendlinger-Tor-Platz

The Sendlinger Tor is the southern city ​​gate of the historic old town in Munich . It was built in the 15th century and restored in the neo-Gothic style by Arnold Zenetti in 1860 . Wilhelm Bertsch added the passage arches in 1906.

location

The Sendlinger Tor (Sendlinger Str. 49) is located at the southern end of Sendlinger Strasse , which is part of the north-south thoroughfare through Munich's old town and separates the Hackenviertel in the west from Angerviertel in the east. The Sendlinger Tor lies at a height of 525 meters above sea ​​level and is the namesake for the Sendlinger-Tor-Platz in front of it. The Sendlinger Tor film theater is located on him . In the southwest of the square is the Nussbaumpark .

history

The Sendlinger Tor with three small through arches (before 1906)
Sendlinger Tor (1918)
Sendlinger-Tor-Platz (around 1955)

As part of the large city expansion by Ludwig the Bavarian , a second city ​​fortification was built between 1285 and 1337 , within the framework of which the Sendlinger Tor was built. It is mentioned for the first time in 1319, but it probably existed earlier. The gate and weir system, which originally only consisted of the central tower that is characteristic of the Munich city gates, was supplemented around 1420 by the two flank towers that became necessary when the outer city wall was closed. In 1318, the Sendlinger Tor was first mentioned as the starting point for the route to Italy .

In 1808 the central tower was demolished. Arnold Zenetti carried out a restoration of the two preserved flank towers and the inner wall with the three gate entrances in 1860. In 1906 these gate entrances were replaced by a large central arch for traffic-related reasons and passages with tower portals were driven through the flank towers. The portals come from Wilhelm Bertsch .

In World War II hardly damaged the Sendlinger Tor in the 1980s was completely renovated. A remnant of the city ​​wall can still be seen at Sendlinger Tor , which then continued up Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße.

Transport links

At Sendlinger-Tor-Platz is the Sendlinger Tor underground station with six underground lines and five tram lines.

The square is surrounded by Herzog-Wilhelm Strasse, Lindwurmstrasse and Sonnenstrasse . For the Sendlinger Straße, from which you can look through the gate, a redesign to a pedestrian zone was requested as part of the Park (ing) Day 2007 , which was completed in two construction phases by 2019.

literature

  • Klaus Gallas : Munich. From the Guelph foundation of Henry the Lion to the present: art, culture, history . DuMont, Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 (DuMont documents: DuMont art travel guide).
  • Hans Lehmbruch and Gabriele Dischinger: The Sendlinger-Tor-Platz in Munich. A chronicle in pictures. Kreissparkasse, Munich 1988.
  • Hans Lehmbruch: A new Munich - urban planning and urban development around 1800 - research and documents. Historical Association of Upper Bavaria, Buchendorfer, Munich 1987. (pp. 167–207)
  • Brigitte Huber: Walls, gates, bastions - Munich and its fortifications. Volk, Munich 2015, (pp. 96–99)
  • Franz Reber: Building technical guide through Munich. Ackermann, Munich 1876. (p. 10)

Web links

Commons : Sendlinger Tor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '2.3 "  N , 11 ° 34' 3.4"  E