Market (Chemnitz)
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 View of the city center, market in the foreground |
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| place | Chemnitz |
| District | center |
| Created | 12th Century |
| Newly designed | from 1945 |
| Confluent streets | At the town hall, Bretgasse, Innere Klosterstraße |
| Buildings | Old town hall ; new town hall |
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| User groups | Foot traffic |
The market is one of the oldest and most important squares in Chemnitz . It was laid out when the city was founded and served as a local and long-distance trading center. The market is about 100 meters long, 20 to 60 meters wide and was the central square of the medieval city for several centuries. It is located in the city center and is adjacent to it. a. the old and the new town hall .
location
The Chemnitz market square is located in the center of the city center. It is limited in the north by the Old and New Town Hall , in the east by Neumarkt with Rathausstrasse, and in the south by various adjacent buildings. The Rosenhof (formerly Holzmarkt) is directly adjacent to the west. The street Am Rathaus , Bretgasse and Innere Klosterstraße lead to the market.
history
Chemnitz was at the intersection of two highways and thus had direct connections to Bohemia and larger cities such as Nuremberg, Leipzig, Dresden or Breslau. Long-distance traders settled near the Chemnitzfurt as early as the middle of the 12th century and before the city was actually founded. After the city was built in the floodplain, the highways were directed into the city.
In addition to the (main) market, the town also had a pot, wood and horse market . The granting of market rights by Emperor Konrad in 1143 and the ban mile allowed the market and with it the city to develop well.
Use / events
Weekly markets take place regularly on the square and at the end of the year it is used for the Christmas market.
literature
- Harald Weber: From the history of Chemnitz and the surrounding area. Publishing house for Saxon regional history, Nördlingen 2000, ISBN 3-9805106-3-8 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 57 ″ N , 12 ° 55 ′ 10 ″ E