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The Wissembourg Gate is a historic monument located in Haguenau, in the department of Bas-Rhin (Great East). Built on a rectangular brick and sandstone plan, it dates from the 4th quarter of the 16th century, as the cannon guns, bays and task marks of 1574 attest. It was part of the third enclosure of the city, modernized at that time, and served as access to the northern quarter.

The building was listed as a historical monument by order of 5 April 1930. Its bridge was dynamite during the Second World War, and a Saint-Nicolas primary school, formerly adjacent, was destroyed at the same time. Today, the Wissembourg Gate is one of the few preserved remains of the missing enclosure, bearing witness to Renaissance military architecture.

Architecturally, the gate is distinguished by its wooded coat of arms, its pediment niche, and its defensive elements characteristic of the sixteenth century. It stands on a roundabout at the junction of the Grand Street, the Boulevard de la Libération, and the Wissembourg road, marking the historic entrance of the city.

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