Sendlinger Tor
Image:Sendlinger [Tor Muenchen 2004.jpg|thumb|Sendlinger Tor, 2004]
The Sendlinger Tor is a city gate at the southern extremity of the historic old town area of Munich. It served as a fortification for defence and is one of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates.
Location
[Image:Munich - Sendlinger Tor from Sendlinger-Tor-Platz.jpg|thumb|The gate seen from Sendlinger-Tor-Platz]Sendlinger Tor lies at the southern end of Sendlinger Strasse, the north-south thoroughfare through Munich's old town. Sendlinger Tor thus separates the old city from the Isar suburb. Sendlinger Tor is at an altitude of above sea level.
History
[Image:Holm Sendlinger Tor 1840.jpg|thumb|Colourful Bustle in Front of Sendlinger Tor in Munich (1840)][Image:München - Sendlinger Tor.jpg|thumb|Sendlinger Tor, 1918]
As part of the great urban expansion by Ludwig the Bavarian, a second city wall with four town gates was built, of which Sendlinger Tor was one. In 1318, Sendlinger Tor was first mentioned as a starting point for the road to Italy, but probably existed earlier. Originally, there was only the distinctive central tower gate. In 1420 that was supplemented by the two flanking towers, which were required to terminate the end of the outer city wall properly.
In 1808 the central tower was demolished. In 1860 a restoration of the two remaining Medieval flanking towers and the wall with three arches took place. In 1906, these original three arches were replaced by the one large single arch.
In the Second World War, the gate was barely damaged. It was refurbished in the 1980s. On the Sendlinger Tor, a remnant of the old city wall can still be seen, which previously went up the Herzog-Wilhelm-Str.