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Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Röder Gate (Rödertor), Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Röder Gate (Rödertor), Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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Röder Gate (Rödertor), Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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Location: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Landkreis Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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2. View of the Topplerschlösschen – Tauber River loop from Tauberzell

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3. Gickelhäuser Valley – Tauber River loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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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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August 8, 2022

When the city wall was extended outwards from 1208, it multiplied to 70 watchtowers (42 still preserved) and the legendary Röderturm was the most impressive. With its perfect vantage point, it is the only true observation tower along the Rothenburg city wall.

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Triple P

October 3, 2025

Very beautiful complex with tower and bastion;

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Location: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Landkreis Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Röder Gate (Rödertor), Rothenburg ob der Tauber

1. Tauber River – Steinbachtal loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

2. View of the Topplerschlösschen – Tauber River loop from Tauberzell

3. Gickelhäuser Valley – Tauber River loop from Rothenburg ob der Tauber

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