hey guys i'm standing here at the main gate to the city of aachen the old entrance
as you can see
a medieval building the marschiertor also called miesha forte was the south gate of the outer aachen city
wall it is also known as the marching gate it is one of the most powerful still preserved city
gates in western europe construction began around 12 57 and was probably completed shortly after
1300 built as a double tower gate castle the two towers are four story the central building
five story the marschiertor originally had the front gate in the southwest it was demolished
in the 17th century probably after the city fire to make way for a more modern fortifications
the towers and the central structure form a unit with a shared pointed tent roof spiral
stairs on the city side lead through two round towers flanking the square central building into
the armory the guard rooms were on the first floor of the towers including the dungeons
there is an external toilet bay on the east tower like all aachen's city gates with the exception of
the junkerstor the marshalltor like the other steel preserve gate the ponttor was one of the
four main gates ponttor, kolntor, marschiertor and jakobstor, of the second city fortification ring
of aachen the so-called gothic wall which was built between the 14th and 15th centuries
it stands at the end of the franzstraße and at the beginning of the former country road
of Burtscheid which ends at the Burtscheider the marching gate was the main arsenal the former 11
city gates of the then free imperial city of aachen was guarded by three imperial city soldiers
and city militias the soldiers were called penn soldiers at the base of the tower is a sculpture
donated by klaus gelhan symbolizing the former gatekeepers this bronze figure of a
city soldier is also a reminder of his secondary occupation which is carving over the centuries
the gate not only experienced occupations and sieges by various groups of soldiers
but was also at times a junk room shelter for the homeless a youth hostel and finally the hj home
during the second world war the marching gate was severely damaged by bombs on july 14 1943
and initially restored temporarily without the characteristic speech roofed it was not until
1957 that the reconstruction of the hip roof could begin made possible by a donation from the aachen
and munich fire insurance companies the marching gate has been completely reconstructed since 1959
in 1964 the city of aachen left the building to the care of stadtgarde carnival society which
restored it with the commitment of around 5000 working hours by association members and more
than half a million euros in financial expedition through donations and made it their headquarters
today the large arms hall offers space for 200 guests and a historical setting for
the club activities in addition there are archive rooms the former commandant's room
a wine cellar a top room and a clothes closet in the gate so that's it for the history of the
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