Koppelpoort

The Koppelpoort is a medieval gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, province of Utrecht. Completed around 1425, it combines land and water-gates and is a part of the second city wall of Amersfoort, which was constructed among 1380 and 1450. The gate changed into constructed between 1380 and 1425 as a part of the second one metropolis wall. The entire wall changed into finished around 1450. The gate become attacked in 1427 all through the siege of the town.

This assault turned into repelled. The gate was opened and closed every day by way of the appointed raddraaiers, wheel turners. A minimum of twelve wheel-turners were amassed morning and nighttime through several guards. It became a really risky challenge; in the event that they did now not begin taking walks concurrently, then one could fall, dragging the rest along side frequently fatal results. Before the gate ought to come down, it had to be raised, to pull out the iron pins that held it in area. Only then ought to it come down. While the gate was taking place, taking walks within the wheel grew ever less difficult and faster, and plenty of humans stumbled and broke their limbs. The koppelpoort changed into additionally in no way breached.