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Essential Architecture- Hanseatic city of Rostock Cow Gate with Lagebusch Tower |
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Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-eastern Germany |
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1262 |
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Hanseatic Brick Gothic |
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construction |
Brick |
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city gate |
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opening hours: only open for events Entrance fees: varies the building: First mentioned in the records in 1262, it is the oldest surviving city gate. Originally giving access to the city from the south, it was later used only for cattle, and later served as a dwelling. In the 1980s it was turned into a literature house. A squat, three storey brick building, it has a square ground plan. Above the ogival archway on the city side there are blind openings, and on the outer face an indented frieze, twin recesses, and embrasures. Adjoining the Cow Gate are the wall and fortified tower dating from 1577. |
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links |
Special thanks to www.eurob.org |
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