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Rödertor (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

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Rödertor (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

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    April 29, 2023

    Large district town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Rothenburger Turmweg, Rödertor, 2023-04-19):
    rothenburg-tourismus.de/entdecken/zeitreise/stadtmauer-erleben
    “… The Rödertor is one of the five main gates of Rothenburg's outer city fortifications. Behind the front gate with its two customs and guard houses, the so-called Fanghof of the Torburg opens up. …”


    Alt-Rothenburg Association (Röderturm, 2023-11-11):
    alt-rothenburg.de/roederturm
    - Opening hours (“… Open when the flag is visibly hanging on the tower. …”)
    - Admission prices


    Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (large district town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, monuments, 2023-02-21):
    geodaten.bayern.de/denkmal_static_data/externe_denkmalliste/pdf/denkmalliste_merge_571193.pdf
    “City gate, so-called Rödertor: … gate tower, rectangular, six-storey solid building with tent roof and corner blocks, ground floor with round-arched passage, top floor in half-timbering and with four flat bay windows, built around 1280/1300, top floor at the end of the 14th century. Century and renovated 1949-51;
    Barbican, two-storey hipped roof building with half-timbered upper floor in front of the gate tower, before 1430;
    Bridge, between the gate tower and the outer barbican, stone, 1615;
    Outer barbican, transverse rectangular courtyard, gate building with hipped roof, half-timbered upper floor and round-arched passageway, side battlements with solid substructure and gable roofs, probably by Georg Weidmann, 1615, reconstruction dated 1711, restored after 1945;
    Moat with single-arched stone bridge, 17th century, alteration dated 1789, restored after 1945;
    Front gate, embossed sandstone archway with pedestrian gate, two former customs houses on the side, ground floor semicircular buildings with tent roofs, dated 1649 ... D-5-71-193-498”

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      Location: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Landkreis Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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