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Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

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Kanzleitor (Chancellery Gate), Idstein

Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Idstein

Kanzleitor (Chancellery Gate), Idstein

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Kanzleitor (Chancellery Gate), Idstein

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Location: Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Mike 🇪🇺

July 31, 2017

The chancellery, which marks the dividing line between urban area in the south and stately district in the north, was built in 1497 in the reign of Count Philip of Nassau-Idstein as a count's office. Watch and Prison, torture chamber, granary and servants quarters were other uses. Today, the festive, spacious wedding room of the Idsteiner registry office is located on the first floor.
Source; Homepage City Idstein (excerpt) "idstein.de/Startseite/Tourismus/Stadtrundgang/Historische-Gebaeude/E1275.htm"

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Bumble-Bee

October 14, 2020

The actual gate building, today's "Old Chancellery" was built around 1497 under Philip I (Altherr). It was the imposing and representative entrance portal to the former castle with access from the city side. Here in 1502 the Roman-German king and later emperor, the Habsburg Maximilian I, was received during his visit to Idstein. The gate secured access to the castle and was used in a variety of ways over the centuries: it was the land registry with a registry, it was used for bookkeeping, it was a court chamber and, to a limited extent, a pantry for the neighboring castle. The gate building later served as a guard and prison including a torture chamber. In the meantime it housed a small theater for the princely family. Housing for employees of the castle complex was part of the complex. [7]

Since 1981 it has been a meeting room for municipal committees, but also a representative room for receptions and civil weddings.

The coat of arms with the Nassau lions is in the outer wall. On the back of the old office there are two different entrances. The small entrance on the side stairs was for the prisoners, the ornate staircase was reserved for the officials.

(de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Idstein)

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Markus

April 25, 2019

Medieval gate of the city wall of Idstein

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Kanzleitor (Chancellery Gate), Idstein

1. Limes Tower Dasbach – König Adolf Square, Idstein loop from Idstein (Taunus)

2. Limes Tower Dasbach – König Adolf Square, Idstein loop from Idstein (Taunus)

3. Idstein Old Town – Idstein Palace loop from Idstein

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