Johannistor

The Johannistor is the main staying saved city door of the city of Jena, Thuringia, Germany. As a component of the medieval city divider, it is associated with the Pulverturm (a pinnacle, likewise safeguarded) by means of a reproduced walkway. The external door stayed in presence until the start of the nineteenth century, when it was decimated because of expanding movement. Until the point that the houses coating the south side of Johannisstrasse were pulverized in 1968, the Johannistor remained the main western access to the old town of Jena.

The principal composed reference toward the western entryway tower dates to 1304. In the fifteenth century, it was remade in the late Gothic style highlighting the expansion of a cove window. The pinnacle includes a square floor design with measurements of 7.72 m x 7.85 m; its aggregate tallness is 31.70 m. The main access to the pinnacle was from the bulwarks of the city divider, over a thin door arranged at a tallness of 7.75 m over the ground. Inside, the upper stories are gotten to by methods for stepping stools and stairs.

Over the way of the door is a stone vault, in the focal point of which there is an opening for pouring. Alternate floors are done with wooden bars and roofs. The stone Turmpyramide, the pyramidal top of the pinnacle, has a stature of 9.20 m and sits on the pinnacle display, which is situated at 22.50 m over the ground. The pinnacle has an aggregate weight of 2,181 tons as indicated by the building studies.