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Upper Gate (Oberes Tor), Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Upper Gate (Oberes Tor), Weiden in der Oberpfalz

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Upper Gate (Oberes Tor), Weiden in der Oberpfalz

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Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

May 20, 2025

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With the construction of the medieval city wall around 1350 at the behest of the German Emperor Charles VI, the city gates were also built. The Upper Gate in the western part of the old town even temporarily had a drawbridge over the moat that had been created at that time, which connected it to the Waldnaab River. The gate was reinforced and rebuilt several times, and finally, in 1911, due to the widening of the street, it was completely demolished and rebuilt in a simplified form. It has remained in this form to this day.

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

April 12, 2019

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The gate had until 1840 a semi-circular facing wall, and a roundabout with 2 round towers. To expand the street, the gate was demolished in 1911 with a double-hipped roof and rebuilt in the simplified form. On the left hand side of the gate begins the mighty construction of the Vesten House, the official seat of the rule of the communal office Parkstein-Weiden. Count Palatine Friedrich von Parkstein lived in the Veste house from 1585 to 1593 as a residence, his two sister-in-law, the princesses of Liegnitz, are in the Ev. Luth. Church of St. Michael buried.

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Andreas Bikefan

August 14, 2024

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In historical times, there were particularly elaborate and prestigious defense structures in the area of the Upper Gate. The gate complex consisted of the gate tower, the front gate with two mighty round towers and a nearly 16 m long stone bridge that once led over the city moat.

The core of the gate tower probably dates back to the 13th century. It was demolished in 1911 and replaced by the Upper Gate, which still exists today.

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