Nordertor, City gate in Flensburg, Germany
The Nordertor is a stone city gate in Flensburg, northern Germany, marking the former northern entrance to the city. It features stepped gables on both sides and shows building details typical of early 17th-century North German Renaissance construction.
The gate was built in 1595 as part of Flensburg's city walls and served as the main passage point on the northern side. Over time, the city walls around it were demolished while the gate itself was kept standing.
The gate displays royal emblems on its northern face showing the coat of arms of King Christian IV alongside the city's own heraldic symbols. These marks of authority remain a notable visual feature of the passage today.
The gate stands along a main road and can be seen freely from outside at any time of day. The passage is open to walk through, and the stonework is easy to look at up close on both sides.
In 1966, the gate appeared on a West German postage stamp worth 30 Pfennig, with over 3 billion copies printed. That makes it one of the most widely produced stamp images in German postal history.
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