The Herrieder Tor is a city ​​gate and well-known architectural monument of the Middle Franconian city ​​of Ansbach. It is located on the south side of the old town and is named after the small town of Herrieden about 10 km southwest of Ansbach. The Herrieder Tor is one of five former city gates. It contains the city's oldest fortifications that still exist today. The base dates from the 15th century. The predecessor of today's gate was mentioned for the first time as early as 1374. The city ​​wall then ran further north. A first elevation of the tower in an octagonal shape was carried out in 1684/85. The gate tower in its current form was built in 1750/51--a baroque new building was built on the foundations of the previous building. The 47 meter high gate tower is framed by two rounded corner pavilions. These are two-story town houses with a mansard roof, pilaster strips and plaster structure, which were built in 1733/34. The carillon on the north side donated by the Lions Club in 1987 plays the so-called Hohenfriedberger March every day at 11 am and 5 pm. The so-called Tulip Fountain (photo, decorated for Easter) is located on the southern gate forecourt, where the Promenade and Maximilianstraße meet. The bronze fountain was built in 1979. The design of the fountain in the shape of a tulip blossom refers to the poet August Graf von Platen , who was born in Ansbach and is also known as "the tulip in the German poet's garden." read more

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