Löwentor

Seitersweg 13, 64287 Darmstadt(173 m über NN)

Anyone who visited the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony’s final exhibition in 1914 entered the Mathildenhöhe grounds through the imposing Lion Gate. This monumental entrance portal was a collaborative work by architect Albin Müller and sculptor Bernhard Hoetger.

Six larger-than-life cast-stone lions with mighty manes, perched on what were originally Ionic double columns, look down on visitors from a height of over five meters. The Hoetger lions are called “Sneezing Hedgehogs” by the people of Darmstadt, who are never at a loss for a nickname. The gate wings, also created by Hoetger and featuring horsemen charging forward, draw inspiration from the surrounding frieze of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens.

 

In 1926, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the artists’ colony, the entire portal was moved in a modified form to its new location—at the entrance to the Rosenhöhe—where it stands to this day.

 

Since Albin Müller felt the lions were too massive for his column structure, he created six new Expressionist brick piers that establish a connection to the Wedding Tower, which was built from the same material.

 

The row of columns from the former exhibition gate was reused at the entrance to the university stadium at Böllenfalltor. In 1971, the gate wings—originally hammered from copper—were replaced with bronze replicas created by Hermann Tomada. One of the originals stands between the Octagon and the entrance to the Museum Künstlerkolonie on the Mathildenhöhe.

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