Georgentor, Renaissance gate in Inner Old Town, Dresden, Germany

The Georgentor is a Renaissance gate structure in Dresden's Old Town with an elaborate facade. The construction features an equestrian statue at its top, decorative stonework, and several sculptural scenes across its surface.

Commissioned under Duke George the Bearded, the gate was built between 1530 and 1535 and replaced an earlier passage leading to the Elbe bridge. Its construction occurred when Dresden was establishing itself as a major power center in Saxony.

The gate's show façade carried religious themes: a "Dance of Death" and the motto "Per Invidiam Diaboli Mors Intravit In Orbem" (Through the devil's envy death entered the world), expressing Duke George the Bearded's piety. The Totentanz is now housed in the Dreikönigskirche, while the motto remains above the archway on the west side.

The gate sits between Dresden Castle and the Stallhof, positioned directly at Schlossplatz, where it now functions as an exhibition space. Visitors should note that the area is a busy traffic junction in the city center, though vehicles cannot pass through the gate itself.

The Latin motto "Per Invidiam Diaboli Mors Intravit In Orbem" (through the devil's envy death entered the world) stands above the archway, now on the west side facing the Hofkirche. The facade once carried the Dresden Totentanz, a dance-of-death frieze now kept in the Dreikönigskirche. The four-metre equestrian statue of Duke George the Bearded in the gable was carved by Christian Behrens around 1901.