The Türkentor (''Turks' Gate'') is a gatehouse in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

. It is the only surviving part of the

Türkenkaserne The Türkenkaserne (or ''Neue Infanteriekaserne am Türkengraben und Prinz-Arnulf-Kaserne'') was a Bavarian Army barracks in the Maxvorstadt district of the German city of Munich. History Rejected plans Planning Construction 1826 to 1918 The ...

(''Turk's barracks''), built in 1826 for the

Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment The Royal Bavarian Infantry Life Guard Regiment (') was a household, life guard (bodyguard) regiment of the Bavarian kings from the end of the Napoleonic Wars until the fall of the Wittelsbach monarchy and the subsequent disbanding of the Bava ...

. The barracks and remaining gatehouse were named after the

Türkenstraße The Türkenstraße is an inner city street in Munich's district Maxvorstadt. It is named after the Türkengraben (Turkish moat) to which it ran. In the list of historical monuments in Munich, more than 30 objects are listed in the Türkenstraße. ...

on which they were located, which was in turn named after the Türkengraben channel dug along the Kurfürstenstraße by Turkish prisoners of war during the German states' 18th century wars with the Ottoman Empire to provide a waterway as part of the linking the

Munich Residenz The Residenz (, ''Residence'') in central Munich is the former royal palace of the House of Wittelsbach, Wittelsbach List of rulers of Bavaria, monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors ...

with the

Schleissheim Palace The Schleißheim Palace () comprises three individual palaces in a grand Baroque park in the village of Oberschleißheim, a suburb of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The palace was a summer residence of the Bavarian rulers of the House of Wittelsbac ...

. Between 2008 and 2010 the Türkentor was restored with 780,000 euro from the Stiftung

Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne (, '' Pinakothek of the Modern'') is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's '' Kunstareal''. The building Designed by German architect Stephan Braunfels, the Pinakothek der Moderne was inaugurated in Se ...

. It reopened in October 2010 and since then has housed the sculpture ''

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'' by the American artist

Walter De Maria Walter Joseph De MariaRoberta Smith (July 26, 2013)Walter De Maria, Artist on Grand Scale, Dies at 77 ''New York Times''. (October 1, 1935July 25, 2013) was an American artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer, who lived and worked in New Yor ...

, which had been purchased by the Stiftung Brandhorst.

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Art in the Türkentor
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