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Copper engraving of Görlitz shortly before the year 1650. The Finstertor can be seen below the inscription "Die Statt Görlitz".
Executioners House und northern view of the Finstertor

The Finstertor (dark gate) is the last remaining part of the historic fortification of the Görlitz suburbs. It formed the northern entrance to the Nikolai suburb, which was surrounded by a clay wall and fences. The ogival passage had a portcullis. [1][2]

The gate is first mentioned in 1455 as gate at the gravedigger. The name Armesündertor (poor sinners gate) comes from the time when the condemned sinners were led through the gate to the place of execution at the Finstertor. The neighboring half-timbered house is the Scharfrichterhaus. It was the house of the executioner and was first mentioned in 1377. However, the executioner probably lived within the city walls until 1571 and then moved to the Finstertor. After the new construction of the prison within the city walls around 1589, he moved into the city again for a few years. Finally, in 1601, he came back to the Finstertor.[3]

The inscription "1666 L.S.B." can be read on the street side of the executioner's house. It commemorates the Görlitz executioner Lorenz Straßburger, a once respected executioner.[4] In the courtyard there is the date 1676 and the drawing of a hatchet. In 1810 the executioner's house was renovated, the lower part of the walls was made of stone and a timber-frame was placed on top.[5]

After ten years of vacancy, the house was taken over by the German Foundation for Monument Protection and renovated in 2003 in accordance with the preservation order. Thus, the roof was covered with split wooden shingles according to historical models and the projecting north gable was restored.[6]

Today, the executioner's house is used by the so-called Jugendbauhütte, an institution of the German Foundation for Monument Protection. Here, young people can complete a voluntary year in the preservation of historical monuments.[7]

References[edit]

  1. Jecht, Richard (1934). Geschichte der Stadt Görlitz, Band 1, Halbband 2 (1 ed.). Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz. p. 663. Search this book on
  2. "Finstertor und Scharfrichterhaus". goerlitz.de. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  3. Jecht, Richard (1934). Geschichte der Stadt Görlitz, Band 1, Halbband 2 (1 ed.). Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz. p. 664. Search this book on
  4. Das Wunder der Görlitzer Altstadtmillion (1 ed.). Verlag der Deutschen Stifung Denkmalschutz. 2017. p. 223. ISBN 978-3-867-95-129-6. Search this book on
  5. Jecht, Richard (1934). Geschichte der Stadt Görlitz, Band 1, Halbband 2 (1 ed.). Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz. p. 664f. Search this book on
  6. Das Wunder der Görlitzer Altstadtmillion (1 ed.). Verlag der Deutschen Stifung Denkmalschutz. 2017. p. 223. ISBN 978-3-867-95-129-6. Search this book on
  7. "Die Jugendbauhütte Sachsen-Görlitz". denkmalschutz.de. German Foundation for Monument Protection. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

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