Hegisplatz (Chur)
The Hegisplatz is a publicly accessible place reserved for non-motorized traffic in the Grisons canton capital Chur .
Hegisplatz is located in the east of the old town and is surrounded by several historically significant buildings:
- The Hegishaus goes back to the eponymous Hegi family from Zurich , who lived in the house in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- The Red House is a baroque building from 1637.
- The guild house of the shoemaker has a tower of 1510, after the place formerly was called: space to nüwen tower .
- The Haus zum Meerhafen is one of the first new buildings after the devastating city fire of 1464; the origin of the peculiar name can no longer be explained.
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Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '56.6 " N , 9 ° 32' 2.9" E ; CH1903: seven hundred fifty-nine thousand eight hundred and six / 190792