Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Altmühltal
Danube-Ries
Nördlingen
Baldinger Gate (Nördlingen City Gate)
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Altmühltal
Danube-Ries
Nördlingen
Baldinger Gate (Nördlingen City Gate)
Cycling Highlight
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Location: Nördlingen, Danube-Ries, Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
First officially mentioned in 1376. In 1938, a new round-arched passage for two-lane traffic was built into the wall west of the gate.
September 12, 2020
Large district town of Nördlingen (Baldinger Tor, 2023-02-17):
noerdlingen.de/stadt-rathaus-aktuell/stadtplan/13-baldinger-tor
noerdlingen.de/tourismus/noerdlingen-entdecken/baukunst/baldinger-tor/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-7-79-194-13
“City gate, so-called Baldinger Tor ... Single-storey granite ashlar building with Gable roof, pointed arched passage gate with coffered barrel vault, front gate facing northwest with decorative gable and round-arched gate, substructure late 14th century, decorative gable of the front part early 15th century, partially restored after the collapse of the tower in 1705 and front gate renewed … D-7-79-194-13”
February 17, 2023
The Nördlingen city wall is the only city wall in Germany that has a completely preserved, accessible and covered battlement. With a length of 2.7 kilometers, it encloses the entire medieval city center of Nördlingen.
June 14, 2020
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