[5] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque at the Former Eilenburg Gate
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Description
As the most fortified of the Wurzen city gates, it was located at the exit of Eilenburger Alley in the northern part of the city wall. The alleys "An der Mauer" and "Stadtgraben" still mark their course. To the north of it were the "Old Town" and the Eilenburger quarter on the slope to the Mulde floodplain. Here, in the Middle Ages, the old transcontinental west-east road, the "Via Regia", leading up from the Mulde ford, touched the city. Inside the deeply anchored tower of the gate was the "Ratsfronfeste", the first municipal prison. The "city servants" lived in the gatehouse. When the tower and gate were demolished in 1844, news about the atrocities during the "Cross and Torture Week" (1637) during the Thirty Years´ War were found in the tower knob.
POIs
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[1] Catholic Sacred Heart Church
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[2] Historic Building – City Hall
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[3] City Park of Wurzen
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[4] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – European Old Trade Route Crossroads
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[5] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque at the Former Eilenburg Gate
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[6] Historic Building – The Golden Eagle
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[7] Market Square
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[8] Ringelnatz Fountain on the Market Square
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[9] Old Town Hall at the Market Square
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[10] Old City Jail in the Town Hall Courtyard
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[11] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque on the Old City Wall
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[12] Reclining Bench
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[13] Museum of Cultural History featuring the Ringelnatz Collection
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[14] Bishop’s Palace Wurzen
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[15] St. Mary’s Cathedral
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[16] Old Custody Building – Birthplace of Lichtwer
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[17] Historic Building at 5 Cathedral Square
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[18] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque at the School Steps
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[19] Mill Towers of the "Wurzener Krietschwerke"
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[20] Post Gate of the Electorate of Saxony
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[21] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque of the Gaudlitz Family / Posthof above Postgasse
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[22] Birthplace of Ringelnatz
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[23] Historic Building – Birthplace of Schöttgen
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[24] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – Art Nouveau Ensemble Rahn Houses
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[25] Wettin Column
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[26] St. Wenceslai Town Church including the Tower Keeper’s Residence
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[27] Post Mile Column
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[28] Park Grounds – Old Cemetery
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[29] Historic Coat of Arms Plaque – Soldatenwinkel
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[30] Plague House on the Old Cemetery
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[31] War Memorial on the Old Cemetery
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[32] Bismarck Tower on Wachtelberg, Dehnitz
