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Lüdinghauser Gate, Dülmen

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Lüdinghauser Gate, Dülmen

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Location: Dülmen, Coesfeld, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Marawa

November 16, 2019

The Lüdinghausen Gate is the most beautiful of the remaining three medieval city towers.

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Katja von Döhren-Polenz

September 10, 2023

The gate (also known as the Lüdinghauser Gate or Ludinchuser Porten) was probably built in the 14th century as a wooden gate as part of the city fortifications. The stone towers were erected at the end of the 15th century, with a wooden battlement serving as a connection. Cannons were mounted on the gates and walls, two of which stood at the Lüdinghauser Gate from 1584 onwards. The battlements, as well as the gatehouse built in the meantime, disappeared over time. The gatehouse was demolished in 1836 when the collection of tolls was prohibited. Until 1906, one of the towers also served as the city prison.

As early as the mid-19th century, the towers of the Lüdinghauser Gate were considered a traffic obstruction, but the government prohibited their demolition. As part of the ban, a pedestrian passage was created, first in the western tower and later in the eastern tower. In 1908, in preparation for the city's 600th anniversary in 1911, the two towers were re-roofed, and the stone connecting structure was also built as a characteristic central structure.

The Lüdinghausen Gate was used by the Nazis as the city's coat of arms from 1938 to 1945 (replacing the trefoil cross). With its reconstruction after its destruction in World War II, the gate acquired its current special status – and remains a traffic obstruction. (Wikipedia)

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Babsi

November 21, 2024

In the 15th century, the city of Dülmen was surrounded by a city wall. The ring roads (south, west, east, and north) still trace their course today. The Lüdinghauser Gate, with its characteristic round towers, was the only city gate to survive the demolition of the ramparts and the gates, which began in the 17th century and were completed at the beginning of the 19th century. The Lüdinghauser Gate became a defensive landmark of the city. In preparation for the city's 600th anniversary, it was extensively renovated in 1908, during which the stone battlement, still visible today, was added, connecting the two towers. Of the city gates, only the Lorenken Tower near the northern city wall and the Nonnenturm near the eastern city wall remain today. The Nonnenturm owes its name to the Agnetenberg Augustinian Convent, established there in 1457.
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