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Gereonstor

A medieval twin-tower gate in the north-west of the city wall – named after St. Gereon, demolished in 1881.

Vanished Cologne City history

The Gereonstor was a twin-tower gate of Cologne's medieval city wall, located in Altstadt-Nord and named after the nearby church of St. Gereon.

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At a glance

Built: from around 1215
Type: twin-tower gate with round flanking towers
Demolished: 1881
Status: no longer exists

Note

The Gereonstor belonged to the fortifications begun in 1180 and was razed in 1881 when the city wall gave way to the Ring road. Four other gatehouses survive today – the Hahnentor, Eigelstein, Severin gates and the Ulrepforte. We keep this entry for the city's history.

Gallery

Köln, U-Station Christophstraße, Gedenktafel neben stilisierter Darstellung des mittelalterlichen Stadtmauertores Gereon. — © Horsch, Willy - HOWI · CC BY 3.0 · Commons

Foto: Gereonstor (1881) — © Anselm Schmitz († 1903) · Public domain · Commons

Foto: Gereonstor (1881) — © Anselm Schmitz († 1903) · Public domain · Commons

Foto: Gereonstor (1881) — © Anselm Schmitz († 1903) · Public domain · Commons

Holzschnitt: Gereonstor (1570) — © Arnold Mercator († 1587) · Public domain · Commons

Köln - Hansaplatz (um 1886) — © Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Commons

Bronzetafel im U-Bahnhof Christophstraße/Mediapark in Köln. Text: AN DER CHRISTOPHSTRASSE STAND BIS 1882 DAS GEREONSTOR ALS TEIL DER MITTELALTERLICHEN STADTMAUE — © Till Niermann · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

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