Bavarian street market

Bavarian street market Maximilianstrasse in Bayreuth

Bavarian street market refers to elongated, square-like facilities in southern German cities. It is the center of many Bavarian cities, especially those founded in the 13th century.

The Bayreuth market square (Maximilianstrasse) is one of the largest representatives of the Bavarian street market . With a length of around 330 m and a maximum width of 45 m, it represents the main axis of the historic city center .

Other Bavarian street markets exist in, among others

• Dietfurt an der Altmühl
• Geiselhöring
• Kulmbach (Upper City)
• Landshut
• Langquaid
• Marktschorgast
• Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm (main square): 300 m long, 40 m wide
• Regensburg (Stadtamhofer Hauptstrasse)
• Straubing (town square)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Flachenecker, Rolf Kiessling (ed.): Urban landscapes in Old Bavaria, Franconia and Swabia. Studies on the phenomenon of small towns during the late Middle Ages and the early modern period (=  magazine for Bavarian regional history. Supplement 15). CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-10815-6 , pp. 82 : "The long and relatively wide street market is typical for most Bavarian cities and markets."
2. ↑ Rudi Loderbauer: Bavarian capitals in the Middle Ages: Landshut . GRIN Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-66198-0 , pp. 8 .
3. ^ Herbert Popp: Bayreuth - rediscovered . Ellwanger, Bayreuth 2007, ISBN 978-3-925361-60-9 , pp. 94 .
4. ↑ personenschiffahrt.de
5. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: bayerisches-golf-und-thermenland.de )
6. ↑ auer-kulmbach.de ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ tourismus-bayern.de
8. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: cms.tourismus-landkreis-kelheim.de )
9. ↑ guide-to-bavaria.com
10. ↑ stadtbild-deutschland.org
11. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: werbegemgemeinschaft-regensburg.de ) (PDF).
12. ↑ straubing.de