Rothenburg Tower Trail
Learn more about Rothenburg's town fortification gates and towers. Videos now available!
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Rödertor (Röder Gate)
The Röder Gate is one of the five main gates in the outer town fortifications of Rothenburg.
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Galgentor (Gallows Gate)
The Gallows Gate got its name, from the gallows that stood outside the gate in the so-called “Little-Head Meadow”.
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Klingentor (Klingen Gate)
The Klingen Gate is the northern entrance to the town and, along with the fortified Church of St. Wolfgang, forms the fortifications of the Klingen Gate bastion.
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Burgtor (Castle Gate)
The fortified castle gate which was built around 1460 is the western gate system with the highest gate tower of Rothenburg’s town fortifications.
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Kobolzeller Tor (Kobollzell Gate)
The place known as Kobolzell, which once lay in the Tauber Valley, lent its name to the Kobolzeller Gate.
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Spitaltor (Spital Gate)
“Pax intrantibus, salus exeuntibus”, – “Peace to those who enter, salvation to those who leave”. This is the inscription with which the Spital Gate, greets its visitors.
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