Oranienburger Tor

The Oranienburg Gate (Oranienburger Tor) was a historic city gate in Berlin's customs and excise wall, standing at the intersection of Friedrichstraße, Chausseestraße, Torstraße, and Hannoversche Straße. Originally built as part of a palisade, it was later incorporated into the wall and rebuilt in 1787 by Carl von Gontard as an imposing Roman-style triumphal arch. After it was demolished in 1867 because it obstructed traffic, only a colorfully painted plaster gable design recalls the structure today. Two sandstone trophies from the gate were moved by Albert Borsig to his estate, Groß Behnitz, where they were set up. The name lives on in the U-Bahn station of the same name and in the street intersection.