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Berger Gate (Nördlingen)

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Berger Gate (Nördlingen)

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    September 17, 2020

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    The Berger Tor secured the road to Ulm.
    A previous building was not on today's site, but on Weinmarkt. The current Berger Tor was already built in 1362, but the gate tower had to be rebuilt in 1435/36 because it no longer met the defense requirements. After the loss of imperial freedom in 1803, the redoubts in front of the gates in Nördlingen began to be razed, the city moats drained and auctioned off to private individuals. In the area of the Berger Tor, the moat was filled in.
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    September 4, 2024

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    There is even a small café on the city wall at Berger Tor. 👍
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    February 17, 2023

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    Large district town of Nördlingen (Berger Tor, 2023-02-17):
    noerdlingen.de/stadt-rathaus-aktuell/stadtplan/17-berger-tor
    noerdlingen.de/tourismus/noerdlingen-discoveren/baukunst/berger-tor/poi.html

    Wikipedia (Nördlingen city wall, 2023-02-17):
    de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nördlinger_Stadtmauer
    Wikipedia (List of monuments in Nördlingen, 2023-02-17):
    de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Nördlingen#A
    “City gate, so-called Berger Tor … Rectangular gate tower, late medieval substructure, 1362, extended 1436, front gate and extension of the upper tower floors with a tent-like drop roof 1574/78 … D-7-79-194-20”
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