The Karlstor in Munich was first documented in 1302 as the Neuhauser Tor and is believed to date from an early stage of the second town wall, built from 1285 to 1347. The original builders and client are not named. It is one of three surviving Gothic town gates, with the Isartor and Sendlinger Tor. Two flanking side towers are joined by a connecting arch, with a semicircular barbican and moats.
It was renamed Karlstor in 1791 after Elector Charles Theodore. A gunpowder explosion in an annex in 1857 damaged the annex and main tower. Arnold Zenetti gave it a Neo-Gothic redesign in 1861 and 1862, and Gabriel von Seidl built the adjoining roundel buildings from 1899 to 1902.
In 1970 an escape tunnel was found during construction of the Stachus shopping center, and a section is on display there. The gate stands at the western end of the pedestrian zone Neuhauser Straße. The article gives no hours.
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