Front Schwabinger Tor
The Vordere Schwabinger Tor was one of the five city gates of the first city wall of medieval Munich, built towards the end of the 12th century . It was one of the two gates in the north of the old town and was located roughly where the Hofgraben meets Dienerstraße today.
history
The Vordere Schwabinger Tor was first mentioned in a document in 1332. It was named Krümleinsturm (14th century, after the town clerk Peter Krümmel), Muggenthaler Turm (17th century, after the temporary owner and eastern neighbor Freiherr von Muggenthal ), La -Rossee-Turm (18th century, named after the Countess Maria Johanna Elisabetha Larosée, the wife of Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée , who inherited the tower in 1752) and in the 19th century referred to as the police tower .
Occasionally, the term Inner Schwabinger Tor is used, but it is ambiguous, as it is also used to refer to the Rear Schwabinger Tor .
The front Schwabinger Tor was a simple tower with a gate passage. The gate was torn down in November / December 1842. Its cellar vaults are still preserved and are located under the northeast corner of the Marienhof (formerly Dienerstraße 11).
literature
- Klaus Gallas : Munich . In: DuMont art travel guide . 4th edition. DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1094-3 , p. 18 .
- Michael Weithmann: Castles in Munich . Stiebner Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8307-1036-4 , pp. 106 .
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Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 19.2 ″ N , 11 ° 34 ′ 37.9 ″ E