# Martinstor

> This file is a plain-text rendition of a page on mytuur.com, generated from the same data as the HTML version.

Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/freiburg-im-breisgau/spot/martinstor/

Content updated: 2026-06-22

Martinstor rises on Kaiser-Joseph-Straße in Freiburg im Breisgau, forming the older of the city’s two surviving medieval gates. Its origins reach the early thirteenth century. The arch stands within streets lined with cafés, bars, and shops, where medieval architecture meets Freiburg’s everyday city life.

The earliest recorded mention dates to 1238, under the name Porta Sancti Martini. Built into the fortifications, the gate later served as a prison, while a seventeenth-century image depicted Martin of Tours. Carl Schäfer led its enlargement in 1901. The structure grew from 22 metres to 60 metres and gained a fifteenth-century-style roof for Freiburg’s expanding tram system.

A plaque recalls three executions for witchcraft in 1599. Their names, Marghareta Mößmer, Catharina Stadelmann, and Anna Wolffart, remain inscribed beside the arch. A McDonald’s entrance occupies the western side. Wheelchair accessibility adds a practical detail to this historic passage through the city centre.

- City: [Freiburg im Breisgau](https://mytuur.com/en/city/freiburg-im-breisgau/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Martinstor_6706b2ff7b0e24caa4448c2b_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martinstor_ak160z_retouched.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_Martinstor_6706b2ff7b0e24caa4448c2b_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Freiburg_Martinstor.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Freiburg im Breisgau. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.