Large district town Nördlingen (Löpsiger Tor / City Wall Museum, 2023-02-17):
noerdlingen.de/stadt-rathaus-aktuell/stadtplan/28-loepsinger-tor
noerdlingen.de/kultur-und-freizeit/museen/stadtmauermuseum/poi.html

Wikipedia (Nördlingen city wall, 2023-02-17):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nördlinger_Stadtmauer
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Nördlingen, 2023-02-17):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Nördlingen#D-7-79-194-26
“City gate, so-called Löpsinger Tor… Stately gate system consisting of the main gate and the front gate
Main gate, three-story round building over a square substructure, substructure before 1379, attached round building 1592/94, drum and hood 1770
Front gate as a rectangular barbican, 1379 (dendro.dat.), attic on the field side, inscribed “1553” in the coat of arms … D-7-79-194-26”

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Michael (Wasi)

August 19, 2025

Completed in 1379, it originally served as a defensive structure in the north of the city.

Today, the gate tower houses the City Wall Museum, which opened in 1987 and documents the history of Nördlingen's city fortifications on six floors.

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