Walkenbrückentor

Walkenbrückentor
	; Walkenbrückentor with Berkel flood
Data
place	Coesfeld
Construction year	before 1339
Coordinates	51 ° 56 '49.7 " N , 7 ° 10' 20.9" E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '49.7 " N , 7 ° 10' 20.9" E
particularities
	The city museum houses the gate

Coesfeld Walkenbrückentor (aerial photo, 2014)

The Walkenbrückentor is the last remaining of the six city gates of the former Coesfeld city wall. It is located on Mühlenplatz directly at the entrance of the Berkel into the city, where the flood is diverted into the city moat on the promenade at a barrage.

history

The gate probably dates from the first half of the 14th century. The oldest currently known reference to the building comes from a document dated September 13, 1339 ("portam dictam Valkenbrüggenporte"). In the case of the east gate (“Portam opidi orientalem Cosveld”) mentioned in 1258, it is unclear whether it is the Walkenbrücken gate or the minster gate. In its eventful history, the gate was used as a prison, torture chamber, customs building, storage room and for residential purposes. In 1945 it was badly damaged by a bomb, but its outward appearance was rebuilt after the Second World War .

In addition to the Walkenbrückentor, only the Powder Tower still exists in Coesfeld as a remnant of the former city fortifications. Süringtor (first mentioned in 1303), Viehor (1342) as well as Letter and Münstertor (both 1320) were demolished as well as the earlier city wall.

Todays use

The Walkenbrückentor houses the municipal tower gallery and, since 1988, the city museum. Before reopening under the name Das Tor on January 29, 2012, the museum was thoroughly renovated and redesigned. The completed first section deals in two rooms with the topics “Jewish life” and “National Socialism in Coesfeld”. There is also a “research laboratory” on the city's history. Interactive applications are intended to ensure that young museum visitors are addressed in a special way. The concept was developed by a project group headed by Georg Veit . The museum is to be expanded step by step over the next few years.

Walkenbrückentor (city side)

literature

Ludwig Frohne: The city of Coesfeld in pictures and plans from 1450 to 1850 , district administration of the Coesfeld district, 1964

Web links

Commons : Walkenbrückentor - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c In his article Much older than previously known about the Walkenbrückentor in the Coesfelder Allgemeine Zeitung of August 20, 2016, Norbert Nagel explains that the date published by Franz Darpe when the gate was first mentioned in 1383 is no longer due to more recent findings hold is.
↑ Press release of the City of Coesfeld from January 26th, 2012: The first section of Das TOR opens on Sunday
↑ The child is born , AZ online January 27, 2012.

[Nagel-1] In his article Much older than previously known about the Walkenbrückentor in the Coesfelder Allgemeine Zeitung of August 20, 2016, Norbert Nagel explains that the date published by Franz Darpe when the gate was first mentioned in 1383 is no longer due to more recent findings hold is.

[2] Press release of the City of Coesfeld from January 26th, 2012: The first section of Das TOR opens on Sunday

[3] The child is born , AZ online January 27, 2012.