Frauentor, Wangen im Allgäu
Facts and practical information
The five-story, solid-walled Frauentor, also known as Ravensburger Tor, forms the northern end of Herrenstrasse in Wangen's old town.
Built in the core in the fourteenth century, it received its present form with an addition in 1608. In 1589 the tower was painted by Ulrich Wagener, in 1611 by Johann Andreas Rauch. Today's painting was done by Toni Schönecker in 1950.
Above the round-arched, cross-vaulted doorway there are coat of arms reliefs facing the city, the painting of the upper floors divided by cornices shows in the center the Mother of God Mary with the Child Jesus, on the left Emperor Frederick II, on the right Emperor Ferdinand I who visited the city in 1563. The fourth and fifth floors have stair-towered corners, with a clock and a sundial in round-arched panels between them on the city side. The roof is of a Welsh hood, the corners have their own hoods and wrought iron gargoyles.
Baden-Württemberg