Frauentor, Medieval gate tower in Nuremberg, Germany

Frauentor is a gate tower on the southeastern edge of Nuremberg's old town, with a rounded stone structure and a passage running beneath it. Today it houses the Nuremberg Crafts Yard, where local artisans display and sell their handmade work.

The Frauentor replaced the inner Women's Gate of the previous city wall, which was demolished in 1498 for the Mauthalle. Toll payments to the gatekeeper are documented from 1386, so the gate must have been completed by that year. In 1558 Jörg Unger rebuilt the tower into the round structure still standing and added a gate beside it; access was via a wooden bridge and an inner courtyard. After the Königstor was built in 1849, only outbound traffic passed through.

The gate takes its name from the Clarissan convent of St. Klara located behind it, whose church still stands. The Handwerkerhof, set up in the gate's Waffenhof in 1971, hosts craftspeople such as pewterers, potters and glassmakers who work and sell on site. The wall section between Königstor and Spittlertor is called Frauentormauer, and its western stretch contains Nuremberg's red-light district.

The gate stands at the southeastern edge of the old town, near the Königstor and the Frauentormauer wall section. Pedestrians pass through it today; the Handwerkerhof in the gate's Waffenhof is reached from inside the courtyard. The sculpture garden lies in the Zwinger between the Frauentor and the Sterntor.

The tower's old name was "Blau Q", one of four round main towers of Nuremberg's walls. The gate replaced the Inner Frauentor of the previous wall, demolished in 1498 for the Mauthalle. Since 1971 the Handwerkerhof has occupied the gate's Waffenhof courtyard.