City fortification Gartz (Oder)

Parts of the Gartzer city wall

The medieval town fortification Gartz (Oder) comprises the defenses of the town Gartz (Oder) in the district of Uckermark in Brandenburg from the 13th century. The fortification consisted largely of the city wall and four city gates. The northern part of the city wall with the Szczecin Gate is still preserved today.

The city wall is like the Szczecin Gate and the Powder Tower in the monument list of Brandenburg as a monument reported.

architecture

Gartz (Oder) with city fortifications and Stettiner Tor (1761)

The city fortifications of Gartz (Oder) were built from the 13th century with boulders made of field stone and brick . There were three watchtowers inside the wall . These were the so-called "Blue Hat", a round tower and the so-called "Stork's Nest".

The city fortifications were severely damaged by the Second World War and the building policy of the GDR. Currently only parts of the city wall on the northern and western outskirts of Gartz are left. The rectangular substructure adorned with panels can still be seen from the former Blue Hat . The stork's nest, built in the 14th century, still has the substructure and an octagonal tower with a crenellated wreath and a stone cone helmet , this probably dates from the 15th century.

Szczecin Gate

The lower part of the Szczecin Gate was built in the 13th century as one of the original four gates of the town fortifications of the town of Gartz in field stone construction with a arched passage. The gate is named after the city of Szczecin . It is the only one of the four gates that is still preserved today.

In the gate passage was a picture of Ferdinand von Schill , who lived in Gartz until 1807. In the 15th century, the originally blanket gate was extended by a three-storey brick tower. On the first floor of the tower was a narrow vaulted prison chamber . The gable of the tower is divided into a pointed arch frame by twin panels. On the gable is a monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm I with the year 1726. Previously there was only one passage through the Stettiner Tor, the second passage next to the tower was only added in 1935.

The Szczecin Gate was restored between 1995 and 1997 .

literature

Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments - Brandenburg . 2nd Edition. 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , pp. 372 .

Web links

Commons : Stadtmauer Gartz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Database of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and the State Archaeological Museum , accessed on December 3, 2017.
↑ The Stettiner Tor of Gartz / Oder , accessed on February 3, 2018
↑ ^a ^b ^c Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments . Founded by the Day for Monument Preservation 1900, continued by Ernst Gall , revised by the Dehio Association and the Association of State Monument Preservationists in the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by: Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Brandenburg: edited by Gerhard Vinken and others, reviewed by Barbara Rimpel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , p. 372.
↑ Stettiner Tor Gartz (Oder) , accessed on December 3, 2017

[bldam-1] Database of the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and the State Archaeological Museum , accessed on December 3, 2017.

[2] The Stettiner Tor of Gartz / Oder , accessed on February 3, 2018

[Dehio-3] Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments . Founded by the Day for Monument Preservation 1900, continued by Ernst Gall , revised by the Dehio Association and the Association of State Monument Preservationists in the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by: Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum. Brandenburg: edited by Gerhard Vinken and others, reviewed by Barbara Rimpel. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-422-03123-4 , p. 372.

[4] Stettiner Tor Gartz (Oder) , accessed on December 3, 2017