page_title: Fortified gateway
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Fortified gateway / Examples in Europe / Germany
caption_attribution_description: Seeburg, Torburg eigenes Foto von 2004
context_page_description: A fortified gateway, sometimes a gate castle, is a heavily fortified gateway of a castle or a city wall. Castle gateways of this type usually have additional fortifications in front of them. A common form is the tower gateway; a variant is the bastion gateway. They are common in Europe.
context_section_description: Deutsches Tor in Metz
  Ehrentor, Eigelsteintorburg, Hahnentorburg, Kuniberts Tower, Schaafentor and Severin Gate in Cologne
  Town fortifications of Erkelenz
  Friedländer Tor in Neubrandenburg
  Marching Gate and Bridge Gate in Aachen as well as Aachen's city walls
  Upper Gate in Neuss
  Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace
  Star Gate in Bonn
  Fortified gateway of Stolberg Castle in Stolberg (Rhineland)
  Stundturm in Sighișoara
  Porta Alba, Porta Nigra and Imperial Baths in Trier
caption: Fortified gateway of Seeburg Palace
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