Bäckerstrasse (Kempten)

Backerstrasse
Street in Kempten (Allgäu)
Bäckerstrasse in Kempten, taken from the St. Mang church tower
Basic data
place	Kempten (Allgäu)
Hist. Names	Bäckergasse
Connecting roads	Mehlstrasse, Burgstrasse
Cross streets	Ankergässele
Places	St. Mang Square
use
User groups	Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists
Technical specifications
Street length	approx. 150 meters

The Bäckerstraße in Kempten (Allgäu) is a medieval street in the former imperial city. The streetscape is characterized by houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, some with medieval cores. Bäckerstraße is part of the Kempten listed ensemble of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

Flooded Bäckerstrasse during an Iller flood (1910)

Bäckerstraße is slightly curved towards St.-Mang-Platz and is probably one of the oldest settlement centers in the imperial city. With a bend, Bäckerstraße joins Burgstraße. This structurally monotonous part also includes the Ankergässele, which with its side gate of the Ankertörle of the city ​​fortification towards Bäckerstraße gives off old-town accents.

In 1910 Bäckerstrasse was flooded by the nearby Iller, which was overflowing .

An Alemannic village instead of Bäckerstraße, as it can be read in historical literature, cannot be proven.

Development

Most of the houses have two or three stories and their eaves face the street.

Some of the southern house facades face the street. The northern block of houses, on the other hand, is usually designed flush in an arch. The listed houses on the street lost their original appearance through shop fittings and facade renovations of the 20th century.

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  Ankergässele

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  Corner of Ankergässele

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  No. 1:
  Gasthof zum Engel , 17th century

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  No. 6:
  Craftsman's House

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  No. 7:
  17./18. century

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  No. 9:
  Black Adler smoked beer brewery

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  No. 13:
  17./18. century

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  No. 23:
  Gasthof zum Schwanen , 18th century

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  No. 25:
  Gasthaus zum Goldenen Roß , 15th century

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  No. 28:
  Buchenberger Bäck , 18th century

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birgit Kata, Gerhard Weber: Archaeological findings in the area of ​​the Kempten residence. In: Birgit Kata u. a. (Ed.): “More than 1000 years…” The Kempten Abbey between founding and closing 752 to 1802. Likias publishing house, Friedberg 2006, ISBN 3-980-76286-6 , p. 58f.
2. ^ Alexander Duke of Württemberg: City of Kempten (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.85 ). Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , p. 5 f .

Web links

Commons : Bäckerstraße  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 30.1 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 13.1 ″  E