Brandenburg Gate ( German Brandenburger Tor ) - one of the seven surviving city gates of Kaliningrad . Located at the end of Bagration Street , passing further into Suvorov Street (formerly Berlin), on the border of the historic urban district of Haberberg .
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The Brandenburg Gate is the only city gate of Kaliningrad still used for its intended purpose.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Architecture
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
History
The Brandenburg Gate was built in Königsberg in 1657 on the southwestern section of the First Tree Fortification at its intersection with the road leading to Brandenburg Castle (now the village of Ushakovo ). Due to the lack of funds and the corresponding project, the builders limited themselves to erecting a wooden gate set under the roof and resting on an earthen rampart. For reliable cover, a moat was dug in front and filled with water.
A hundred years later, by order of the Prussian King Frederick II, the dilapidated building was broken, and in its place a massive brick building was built with two spacious passages with lancet completion. Strong new gates completely blocked the road to the south (now Suvorov Street) and served as reliable protection for the city. Thick walls well covered a small garrison of guards, which were housed in internal casemates. There were also office, utility, storage rooms and elevators. During the restoration work of 1843, the gates were significantly rebuilt (almost rebuilt in the same place) and decorated with pointed decorative pediments, cruciform sandstone flowers, stylized leaves on tops, emblems and medallions. On the gate there are sculptural portraits of Field Marshal Boyen ( 1771 - 1848 ), Minister of War, participant in the reforms in the Prussian army; on the right is Lieutenant General Ernst von Astaire ( 1778 - 1855 ), chief of the engineering corps, one of the authors of the Second Wall Fortification.
The Brandenburg Gate is the only Königsberg Gate that has survived to this day and fulfills its former transport function. The building was restored and protected by the state as an architectural monument adorning Bagration Street in Kaliningrad .
Architecture
The gate has two driveways. Although all the gates built in the middle of the 19th century in Königsberg belonged to the Neo-Gothic style, Gothic motifs are especially pronounced in the Brandenburg Gate. Arrow-shaped pediments stand out, which give the building, low in essence, a sense of height. The gates are richly decorated with decorative elements - for example, high reliefs and stylized stone flowers.
Literature
- V.N. Strokin . Monuments of the military past. Guide to memorable places of the Kaliningrad region. Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Book Publishing House, 1995.
- Avenir Ovsyanov . In the casemates of the royal fort. Kaliningrad: Amber Tale, 1999.
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