- Free admission
Grandweg gate
Various sights
The Grandwegertor is one of ten former town gates in the medieval fortifications of Soest. With the exception of the Osthofentor, however, all the gates were demolished in the first half of the 19th century in keeping with the spirit of the times.
Properties:
These were double gates with inner kennel rooms that served as control gates. The area of the former Grandweger Gate is bordered to the east by the so-called Grandweger Bastion. It was built between 1586 and 1589 by the Hildesheim master fortress builder Hermann Becker. A similar-looking bastion on the western Wallaufgang can only be assumed.
In 1820, the then owner Dr. med. Friedrich Gauwerky had two barrel vaults built in the surviving bastion. These are accessible through a door from the moat. Next to the entrance to the vault, there are various niches and a lion's head sculpture in the masonry. Their origin and purpose are unknown. They are probably reused bricks from other buildings, so-called spolia.
In 1820, the then owner Dr. med. Friedrich Gauwerky had two barrel vaults built in the surviving bastion. These are accessible through a door from the moat. Next to the entrance to the vault, there are various niches and a lion's head sculpture in the masonry. Their origin and purpose are unknown. They are probably reused bricks from other buildings, so-called spolia.
