Gates Marshirtor (translated from German - "Marching Gate") located in Aachen and are the two round four-storey tower, which share a common five-floor building with arched gates. Marshirtor Gate - the second after the gate Ponttor preserved from the old city wall of Aachen. The construction of the gate was launched in 1257, the exact date of the completion of construction is unknown. At the gates Ponttor, Cologne gates and gate Jakob Marshirtor were the main gate defensive ring of the city walls, built in the XIV-XV centuries.

The gates have a width of 23, 8 meters, the height of the arch the south side of the gate is 13 meters and the north - 8, 5 m, the total height of the gate with a spire - 48, 9 meters. Spiral staircases are each tower to the weapons room, which is located in the central building. On the first floor are rooms for the guard, as well as cells for prisoners.

At various times, the gate Marshirtor and adjacent rooms were used in different ways. Initially it housed a garrison city, and the gate was the parade ground: that in memory of that time on the territory of the gates was a monument in the form of bronze sculpture of a soldier. Throughout its history, the tower has repeatedly managed to save the city during the siege. During the wars of occupation troops stationed there, in the later period of the tower premises were used as a doss house, tourist base and a dormitory of the Hitler Youth. Now there is the headquarters of "Carnival Aachen society", as well as a wine cellar and archive space.