The gate, whose name is derived from the city district, stood at the mouth of Měnínská Street. Listed as the fifth in the number of city gates, it is the only used exit from the city preserved to this day. It is special in that only one street leads to it, which some historians consider to be evidence of a certain deviation from the layout of the city plan and believe that two converging streets originally led to it, one of which was later built. However, this theory also has its opponents.
The Měnín Gate was the only gate of the medieval city fortifications that changed its location. In 1293 it is documented at the junction of today’s Kobližná and Jánská, but in 1348 only the town Gate is mentioned in these places, while the new Měnín Gate stands a street to the south.
The architectural form of today’s gate was created around 1500. At the end of the 16th century, more precisely in 1593, its tower clock made by a watchmaker from Přibice near Vranov is documented. The gate was originally four-storey, although some sources mention it as three-storey. It is currently used for exhibitions.
