Town fortifications Gdańsk - Niedertor

The Niedertor was built in 1626 by the fortress builder Hans Strackwitz (Jan Strakowski) according to the overall plans of Cornelius van den Bosche from 1619. Like all of Strakowski's works, the gate shows influences of Dutch Baroque. The gate was built of brick and clad with stone slabs on the outside. In addition to the passage with a barrel vault, there are two other passages. The gate was spared from war damage. Even the wooden gate wings on the outside and inside have been preserved. The gate is - as the only one of Gdansk's city gates - passable. In the 1930s, the moat was filled in and the drawbridge removed. As a result, the plinth sections of the facade are no longer visible. The Niedertor is located between the Gertruden and Auerochs bastions and forms the exit in the direction of the Gdansk Werder.