Pantaleonstor – a Vanished Double Gate of Cologne's City Wall

The gate ("Porta Sancti Panthaleonis") took its name from the neighbouring church of St. Pantaleon, where Archbishop Bruno of Cologne had already been buried in 965. As part of the city fortifications it was first recorded in writing in 1211 and, like the other gates, served as a passage into and out of the walled city. In 1289, together with the walls, it enclosed the so-called "Villa Sancti Pantaleonis".

The gate did not lead onto one of the major arterial roads but served – much like the neighbouring [[Bachtor]] – only as a local entrance and exit that saw little traffic. In 1475 the watchman received candle money of 16 marks for 16 weeks, because heightened vigilance was required during the Neuss War. Owing to its low use, the main passage was walled up around 1528; only a small entrance remained open until 1842.

After the city of Cologne acquired the city wall from the Prussian military treasury on 5 May 1881, demolition of the old fortifications began in June 1881; only a few sections were to be preserved as monuments. The Pantaleonszwinger was torn down under a contract of 1882, and the Pantaleonstor followed after the station was taken out of service on 25 May 1894, together with it. In the same years a similar fate befell the [[Schaafentor]], the [[Bachtor]] and the [[Weyertor]].