Gate of Steinen, Medieval tower in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

The Steinentor was a gate tower of Basel's outer city wall, first mentioned in 1387 as Herthor am Steinen. It stood beside today's Heuwaage tram stop, with a forecourt reaching to the present Innere Margarethenstrasse and a roofed outwork in the moat. After 1842 its pointed roof was replaced by a battlemented crown with a small bell turret.

The Steinentor was first mentioned in 1387 as Herthor am Steinen, likely replacing a gate of an earlier suburban fortification. A roofed outwork was added in the moat in 1473, and the gate courtyard once reached today's Innere Margarethenstrasse. The courtyard, guardhouse and moat bridge were demolished in 1858; the tower and adjoining wall sections fell in October 1866 under Basel's 1859 city-expansion law.

The gate's name lives on in Basel's street names and in the nearby BVB tram stop Heuwaage, which stands directly beside where the tower once rose. The gate was first recorded in 1387 as Herthor am Steinen, and its forecourt once reached as far as today's Innere Margarethenstrasse.

Today the site can only be experienced through historical remains and markers, since the structure itself no longer stands. Walking through the area helps you understand where the gate once controlled passage into the city center.

The gate stood directly beside today's Heuwaage tram stop, so passengers on Basel's modern tram network pass the spot where the tower once rose. Its name in Basel German is Schdainedoor. The tower fell in October 1866 together with the adjoining stretches of wall.