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Krummes Tor, Merseburg

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Krummes Tor, Merseburg

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Krummes Tor, Merseburg

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    September 15, 2022

    The so-called Crooked Gate is part of the Merseburg Cathedral. It was built as part of the fortifications. Today it is an impressive witness of the Middle Ages.

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      July 11, 2022

      is located directly on the Way of St. James

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        August 11, 2022

        The Krumme Tor belonged to the outermost of three wall rings of the Domburg. The fortifications were built in the High Middle Ages. In the period around 1430, the original crooked gate, consisting of a round gate tower and the actual gate system, was renewed. The gate system was demolished in 1822, but then rebuilt in 1888 in a modified, romanticized form. The original tower was preserved. The original design of the top of the tower, without crenellations, can be seen on the exposed north side.

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          August 25, 2022

          The Krumme Tor belonged to the outermost of three wall rings of the Domburg. The fortifications were built in the High Middle Ages. In the period around 1430, the original crooked gate, consisting of a round gate tower and the actual gate system, was renewed. The gate system was demolished in 1822, but then rebuilt in 1888 in a modified, romanticized form. The original tower was preserved. The original design of the top of the tower, without crenellations, can be seen on the exposed north side. In 2006, the gate tower was expanded for private residential use.
          Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummes_Tor

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            June 27, 2023

            The road to the castle 🏰 and cathedral

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              May 23, 2023

              A historical testimony.

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                September 21, 2021

                The gate doesn't look so crooked to me, it's a very nice archway.

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                  October 19, 2023

                  The Crooked Gate is part of a medieval fortification built in 1430 around Merseburg Castle and the cathedral square. The reason for this was that the then Bishop, Nikolaus Lubich, feared for his residence during the Hussite Wars.

                  The archway was initially demolished in 1822. When Emperor Wilhelm I visited Merseburg in 1883 for a court encampment, the gate was temporarily erected as a mock triumphal arch. Since the emperor liked this, the Merseburg city council decided to reconstruct it, which was completed in 1888 in a modified form reminiscent of the original and has been preserved to this day.

                  There are various theories about the name of the gate, which attribute its origin to colloquial language, the "crooked" street behind it, or the shape (two crooked legs) of the gate.
                  Source: merseburg.im-bild.org/fotos/residenzen-burgen/krummes-tor

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