Lower Emmendingen Gate

General Information:

Today, the Lower Gate is the only existing gate of the original four city gates. The other gates were the Hachberg Gate, the Freiburg Gate and the Mill Gate.

At the Lower Emmendinger Gate or the Lower Gate, toll was collected up until the middle of the 19th century. Toll collection was one of the rights of the city. The gate construction goes back to the early 17th century and was redesigned in barock style in 1705.

Originally, it was only a single-lane, or single passageway. The second arch was added in 1929. During the reconstruction of the gate, the adjacent buildings were also rebuilt (today: Commerzbank, Movie Theater and Restaurant Fux'n).