View source for Sendlinger Tor

{{Short description|City gate in Munich, Germany}}
[[Image:Sendlinger Tor Muenchen 2004.jpg|thumb|Sendlinger Tor, 2004]]

The '''Sendlinger Tor''' (translated: ''Sendling Gate'') is a [[city gate]] at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of [[Munich]]. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining [[Gothic architecture|gothic]] town gates (the other two being the [[Isartor]] and the [[Karlstor]]).

==Location==
[[Image:Munich - Sendlinger Tor from Sendlinger-Tor-Platz.jpg|thumb|The gate seen from Sendlinger-Tor-Platz]]
Sendlinger Tor (located at Sendlinger Str 49) lies at the southern end of Sendlinger Strasse, the north-south thoroughfare through Munich's old town. Sendlinger Tor thus separates the old city from the Isar suburb. Sendlinger Tor is at an altitude of {{convert|525|m|ft}} above sea level.

==History==
[[Image:Holm Sendlinger Tor 1840.jpg|thumb|''Colourful Bustle in Front of Sendlinger Tor in Munich'' (1840)]]
[[Image:München - Sendlinger Tor.jpg|thumb|Sendlinger Tor, 1918]]
As part of the great urban expansion by [[Ludwig the Bavarian]] (from 1285 to 1337), a second city wall with four town gates was built, of which Sendlinger Tor was one. In 1318, Sendlinger Tor was first mentioned as a starting point for the road to Italy, but probably existed earlier. Originally, there was only the distinctive central tower gate (typical of the Munich city gates of the time). In 1420 that was supplemented by the two [[flanking tower]]s, which were required to terminate the end of the outer city wall properly.

In 1808 the central tower was demolished. In 1860 a restoration of the two remaining Medieval flanking towers and the wall with three arches took place. In 1906, these original three arches were replaced by the one large single arch.

In the [[Second World War]], the gate was barely damaged. It was refurbished in the 1980s. On the Sendlinger Tor, a remnant of the old city wall can still be seen, which previously went up the Herzog-Wilhelm-Str.

==Public Transportation==
It gives its name to the [[Sendlinger Tor (Munich U-Bahn)|Sendlinger Tor]] [[Munich U-Bahn|U-Bahn]], Tramway and bus  station, one of the main interchanges within Munich’s systems of public transport.

==External links==
{{commonscat}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101206222221/http://munich-info.de/portrait/p_sendlingertor_en.html Munich-Info]
* [http://www.muenchen.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/orte/120455.html muenchen.de: Sendlinger Tor]
* {{BLfD|1128590|Das Sendlinger Tor}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100223215714/http://www.panoramafotos.net/WIKIPEDIA/Sendlinger_Tor_050704.html 360°x180° Panorama Sendlinger Tor] QuickTime required

{{Visitor attractions in Munich}}
{{Coord|48.133965|11.567624|region:DE-BY|display=title}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Munich]]
[[Category:Gothic architecture in Munich]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Munich]]
[[Category:Gates of Munich]]