Town Fortification Nördlingen-Deininger Gate

The Nördlingen city wall is the only city wall in Germany that has a completely preserved, all-round accessible and covered battlement. It encloses the entire medieval old town of Nördlingen and has a length of 2.6 kilometers. The city wall includes five gates with gate towers, eleven other towers and a bastion.

Construction of the city wall began in 1327 on the orders of Louis the Bavarian. It replaced the old defensive wall, the course of which can still be seen today in the course of the old town streets Drehergasse, Bei den Kornschrannen, Vordere Gerbergasse, Herrengasse and Neubaugasse. Between 1536 and 1613, four gates and two towers were rebuilt from scratch. In addition, seven oven towers, three strong bulwarks and two bastions were built during this period. During the Thirty Years' War in 1634, the Nördlingen city fortifications withstood a siege by imperial troops in the run-up to the Battle of Nördlingen. From 1803, the Nördlingen residents began to dismantle parts of the now superfluous city wall. In 1826, King Ludwig I of Bavaria placed the wall under his protection and forbade its further demolition.

Deininger Tor

The Deininger Tor secured the road towards Regensburg and Vienna. It resembles the Löpsinger Tor, but is somewhat slimmer. During the siege in 1634, imperial troops penetrated the tower. The Nördlingen residents then set the tower on fire. The current structure, including the twelve round-arch windows and the curved roof hood, was built towards the end of the Thirty Years' War.