On the sand

On the sand; View from east to west; left the north side of the square with the unicorn pharmacy; right the south side of the square; in the background the tower of St. John's Church

On the sand with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the left

The Am Sande square is located in the city center of Lüneburg . It is surrounded by mostly medieval town houses with their Gothic staircases and curved Baroque snail gables .

location

The Am Sande square is about 225 meters long and between 30 and 40 meters wide, it extends in a west-east direction. There is a slight gradient to St. Johanniskirche in the east of the square. At the eastern end of the square, a street called Am Sande turns north. At the next intersection with Papenstrasse and Glockenstrasse , the street turns into the street Am Berge . The following streets continue from Am Sande: At the Johanniskirche, Rote Straße, Heiligengeiststraße , Grapengießerstraße and Kleine Bäckerstraße. The numbering starts on the western side with the number 1, it is the Chamber of Commerce and Industry . It then continues counter-clockwise, through the northern detour to Kleine Bäckerstrasse. The following three houses already belong to Grapengießerstraße.

history

The square was first mentioned in 1229 as "in harena". The square was not originally fortified, hence the name Am Sande . The square was created as a connection between the Modestorpe settlement, the Kalkberg settlement and the saltworks. The trade route to Magdeburg and Braunschweig as well as Hamburg and Lübeck also ran here. Through the trade routes, the square became a trading center. A fee schedule is known from 1500, from which the importance of the square can be read. The salt trade took place in the house at Am Sande 45, it was a white shop. It is also documented that beer was traded on Am Sande from 1421 and grain from 1570. The fish trade and the trade in timber are also recorded in documents.

The development

The most conspicuous building is the former brewery, Haus Schütting, at the western end of the square. The building made of black and white glazed bricks, completed in 1548, stands on the narrow western side and today houses the Chamber of Commerce and Industry . On the eastern narrow side, the 108 meter high tower of the St. Johanniskirche dominates the view of the eastern square. The church does not belong to the square by post.

The ground floors of the Am Sande building have been heavily modified since the 19th century with the addition of shops, restaurants and other businesses. The gables have largely been preserved. They offer an overview of the Lüneburg architecture. The oldest gables date from the 14th and 15th centuries, the gables of the houses Am Sande 50 and 53. The houses Am Sande 5, 17 and 48 were only built after the Second World War and are not listed.

Architectural monuments

	location	designation	description	image
	On the sand 1 location	Commercial building	According to an inscription, the house was built in 1548. It is a three-storey, gable-free stone building. Until 1898 it was used as a brewery. Today the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lüneburg-Wolfsburg is located here .	more pictures
	On the sand 2 location	Commercial building	The house is the side house of the house Am Sande 1. The house was also built in the middle of the 16th century in the same architectural style as No. 1. The house is narrower, however.	more pictures
	On the sand 3 location	Residential and commercial building	The house is on the corner of Heiligengeiststrasse. The house has three axes, three floors and a volute gable. It was built in the 16th century, its use as a bakery has been documented since 1426 and was only given up in 1936. Today there is a McDonald’s branch on the ground floor .
	Am Sande 4 location	Residential and commercial building	The house was built in 1908 in place of a previous building from the first half of the 16th century. It's a red brick homeland security style house.
	On the sand 6/7	Residential and commercial building	The two-story house was probably built in the middle of the 16th century. The house has been used as a bakery since 1449. The house is characterized by the seven-step stepped gable.
	On the sand 8	Residential and commercial building	A side house belongs to the wide house, the main house has a seven-stepped gable, the side house has a five-stepped gable. The house was used as a brewery until 1872. The main house was probably built towards the end of the 15th century.
	Am Sande 9 location	Residential and commercial building	The two-storey house was originally built in the 15th century, but little of this structure has been preserved. In 1859 the house was converted into a hotel and received a neo-Gothic facade.	more pictures
	On the sand 10	Residential and commercial building	The house was originally the annex to Am Sande 9 . It was built in the first half of the 16th century. The facade is made of brick, the stepped gable has five steps.
	Am Sande 11	Residential and commercial building	The house was built in the first half of the 16th century.
	Am Sande 12	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 14/15	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 16	Residential and commercial building	The core of the house is from the 15th century. The facade with the gable was rebuilt in 1760 in the baroque style. A courtyard wing belongs to the house.
	Am Sande 18 location	Residential and commercial building	The three-story, eaves-standing house has seven axes and a hipped roof. In front of the entrance there is a two-flight staircase that leads to the entrance. Above the entrance is the year 1711 and the inscription Meliorem spero . The national newspaper is in the house .	more pictures
	Am Sande 19	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 20	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 21	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 22	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 23	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 24	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 25	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 26 location	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 25 / 27A location	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 28	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 29	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 30	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 30a	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 31	Residential and commercial building		more pictures
	Am Sande 31a / b	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 31c / f	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 31g	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 32	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 33	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 35 location	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 36 location	Residential and commercial building		more pictures
	Am Sande 37	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 38/39	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 40	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 41	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 42	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 43 / 43a location	Residential and commercial building	The house is on the corner of Am Sande Street. The brick house was built in the 15th century. There is a seven-stepped gable facing the Am Sande square.
	On the sand 44	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 45	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 46	Residential and commercial building		more pictures
	On the sand 47	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 49	Residential and commercial building	The current house was built in 1901, the previous building was built in 1426. It is an eaves-standing house with a stepped gable over the two left axes.	more pictures
	On the sand 50	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 51	Residential and commercial building
	On the sand 52	Residential and commercial building
	Am Sande 53	Residential and commercial building		more pictures
	Am Sande 54 location	Residential and commercial building	The house is on the corner of Kleine Bäckerstrasse. The unicorn pharmacy is located here today.	more pictures

literature

• Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 22.1: Doris Böker: Hanseatic City of Lüneburg with Lüne Monastery. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86568-563-6 , pp. 218-244.

Web links

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