Kreuzgasse (Bern)
The Kreuzgasse is a small connecting street in the old town of Bern in Switzerland .
location
Kreuzgasse joins Kramgasse in the west , Rathausplatz in front of Bern Town Hall in the north, Postgasse in the northeast , Gerechtigkeitsgasse in the east, Junkerngasse in the southeast and Münstergasse in the southwest.
history
In the 14th century, today's Chrützgasse was expanded like a square and served as the town's main square. At that time, this was the assembly point for the team when moving out or when there was a threat of war, as well as the place where the mayor sat in court. In the middle of the square stood the judge's chair, and the pillory was attached to the pillar corner of the former Zur Waage inn .
The cross street was and is the namesake of each in the immediate vicinity - formerly the top of the Gerechtigkeitsgasse or more recently at the bottom of the Kramgasse - standing cross gas well .
literature
- Paul Hofer : The art monuments of the canton of Bern. The city of Bern - social houses and residential buildings . Ed .: Society for Swiss Art History (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz . Volume 40 ). tape 2 . Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1959, The residential buildings I. First Zähringerstadt Kreuzgasse / Rathausgasse, p. 235–237 (495 pp., Biblio.unibe.ch [PDF; 65.0 MB ; accessed on February 15, 2018] History and development of Kreuzgasse.).
- Berchtold Weber: Streets and their names. Using the example of the city of Bern. Stämpfli, Bern 1990, ISBN 3-7272-9850-2 .
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Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '52.4 " N , 7 ° 27' 8.3" E ; CH1903: 601041 / one hundred ninety-nine thousand six hundred and forty-five