Uenglingen Gate

Description

Uenglingen gate was built ca. 1450-1460 and is regarded to be amongst the finest late medieval city gates amongst those built in the northern German brick Gothic style, only surpassed by the Holsten Gate in Lübeck. The gate is believed to have been built by Stefan Boxthude, one of the most reknowned masterbuilders of the 15th century. The gate's tower, boasting sheer rounded ramparts, was originally the main gate of larger defensive fortifications that also included a foregate and a ward (a courtyard enclosed by a circular wall).