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Rödertor (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

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Rödertor (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

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    September 16, 2021

    The Rödertor was built in the 14th century. With its 40 meter high, mighty gate tower, the front gate with two guard and customs houses and the fishing yard in between, it secured the city to the east.

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      April 19, 2023

      Large district town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Rothenburger Turmweg, Rödertor, 2023-04-19):
      rothenburg-tourismus.de/entdecken/zeitreise/stadtmauer-erleben
      “… The Rödertor is one of the five main gates of Rothenburg's outer city fortifications. Behind the front gate with its two customs and guard houses, the so-called Fanghof of the Torburg opens up. …”


      Alt-Rothenburg Association (Röderturm, 2023-11-11):
      alt-rothenburg.de/roederturm
      - Opening hours (“… Open when the flag is visibly hanging on the tower. …”)
      - Admission prices


      Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (large district town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, monuments, 2023-02-21):
      geodaten.bayern.de/denkmal_static_data/externe_denkmalliste/pdf/denkmalliste_merge_571193.pdf
      “City gate, so-called Rödertor: … gate tower, rectangular, six-storey solid building with tent roof and corner blocks, ground floor with round-arched passage, top floor in half-timbering and with four flat bay windows, built around 1280/1300, top floor at the end of the 14th century. Century and renovated 1949-51;
      Barbican, two-storey hipped roof building with half-timbered upper floor in front of the gate tower, before 1430;
      Bridge, between the gate tower and the outer barbican, stone, 1615;
      Outer barbican, transverse rectangular courtyard, gate building with hipped roof, half-timbered upper floor and round-arched passageway, side battlements with solid substructure and gable roofs, probably by Georg Weidmann, 1615, reconstruction dated 1711, restored after 1945;
      Moat with single-arched stone bridge, 17th century, alteration dated 1789, restored after 1945;
      Front gate, embossed sandstone archway with pedestrian gate, two former customs houses on the side, ground floor semicircular buildings with tent roofs, dated 1649 ... D-5-71-193-498”

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        May 27, 2022

        Very beautifully preserved monuments, especially over such a long period of time.

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