Friedländer Tor, Neubrandenburg

The Friedländer Tor in Neubrandenburg was built in the first half of the 14th century in the style of North German brick Gothic. It is the northeastern and most completely preserved of Neubrandenburg's four city gates.

The name "Friedländer Tor" refers to the direction of the arterial road, today's B 104, which first leads east and later continues to Friedland via the B 197.

The gate protected the town in the direction of Pomerania and was built as a gate castle with a total length of 88 meters. During the Thirty Years' War, the gate was stormed on the town side by General Tilly after the imperial troops gained access to the town through a breach in the wall next to the gate.

The main gate is a two-storey gate tower and has a polygonal stair tower on the town side. This stair tower was rebuilt in the third quarter of the 15th century together with the entire city side of the gate. The front gate with a small gable roof between the pinnacles is a two-story, less representative building. It is still connected to the main gate by two walls. The half-timbered buildings between the two gates, the former gate clerk's or customs and ring-keeper's houses, today house the gate café and a seat of the registry office of the city of Neubrandenburg. In the front gate there is an architect's office, in the main gate a gallery and a club room.

The Zingel has also been preserved. It was located in front of the double gate of the Friedländer Tor. Built shortly before the Thirty Years' War, this structure was intended to provide additional protection for the gate. On the city side, the building had deep arched niches and on the field side it was equipped with embrasures. The former connecting walls to the gate were demolished in the 19th century.