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MaestroG
January 8, 2022
Hiking
This area of the heath wall was only exposed in the 1960s. The term "porte" makes it clear that it is an access construction directly on the course of the heath wall: a "gate" that led into the interior. Just a few meters above the access path between the two portal arms are the two Merovingian tumuli from the 7th century. The feeling of an inner "system" becomes more concrete here than in other places along the wall.
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Stefan
August 10, 2026
Hiking
The Zumsteintor, also called Barr-Tor, is a historic entrance through the Heidenmauer on Mont Sainte-Odile. The gate was excavated in 1968 by the archaeologist Hans Zumstein and later partially reconstructed. The approximately seven-meter-long gate chamber is bordered by massive stone walls; the gate opening was wide enough for carts to pass through. The gate presumably originated in Gallo-Roman times and served as an entrance to the southern part of the fortification.
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