Martinstor
Sign in to saveThe Martinstor (English ''Martin's Gate), a former town fortification on Kaiser-Joseph-Straße, is the older of the two gates of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, that have been preserved since medieval times. Both gates, the Martinstor and the Schwabentor, are located in the city centre. In medieval times the Martinstor was also known as Norsinger Tor''.
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- Historic site.name
- Martinstor
- Historic site.other_name
- Norsinger Tor (formerly)
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- Martinstor_ak160z_retouched.jpg
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- The Martinstor before its Neo-Gothic reconstruction
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- Germany Baden-Württemberg
- Historic site.type
- Fortification
- Historic site.location
- Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Historic site.built
- 13th century
- Historic site.original_use
- Urban defence
- Historic site.architecture
- Neo-Gothic
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The Martinstor (English ''Martin's Gate), a former town fortification on Kaiser-Joseph-Straße, is the older of the two gates of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, that have been preserved since medieval times. Both gates, the Martinstor and the Schwabentor, are located in the city centre. In medieval times the Martinstor was also known as Norsinger Tor.
== History == According to dendrochronological research the wooden beams date back to the year 1202; the gate was first given documentary evidence in 1238 as "Porta Sancti Martini" (Latin Gate of the Holy Martin''). Over the centuries it has been reconstructed several times. At one time, it also served as a prison and it was said of its occupants that they had donned "The Cloak of Martin".