Stuttgarter Torhaus
Stuttgarter Torhaus stands in Ludwigsburg as a surviving baroque gatehouse from the city’s former fortifications. Johann Adam Groß the Younger designed the gatehouses as a unified architectural ensemble. Construction began under Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg and resumed under Duke Carl Eugen. The completed walls and gates served as watch and toll houses, while also discouraging soldiers from deserting the city.
Completed in 1760, this gatehouse became an architectural model for other entrances in Ludwigsburg. Restoration supported by the Wüstenrot Foundation returned the building to public and cultural use. The Kuhländler Archive presents an exhibition about life and history in the Kuhländchen region of the Sudetenland. Its documents explore the heritage and displacement of people from that region, for which Ludwigsburg assumed a sponsorship in 1962. The theme of Heimat, meaning homeland, gives the historic structure a direct connection with memory and belonging.
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