Marketplace (Coburg)
The Coburg market square is the urban center of the city of Coburg . The square, which is connected to the old town by seven alleys, lies at a height of 297 meters above sea level and measures around 0.56 hectares with a width of 74 meters and a length of 76 meters. It was created in the early 15th century. Before that, the market took place in the western churchyard at the Morizkirche .
The square was paved as early as the middle of the 15th century. This is where the trade route from Nuremberg to Erfurt, which led diagonally from Ketschengasse across the square to Spitalgasse, crossed with the connection from Prague to Frankfurt am Main, via the Steingasse coming from the east and the Judengasse going west.
layout
On the south side of the market square, but not in the central axis of the square, is the Coburg town hall , the first phase of which was built at the beginning of the 15th century. In addition to the town hall, the Sparkasse Coburg-Lichtenfels has its headquarters in a three-storey corner house with a rococo facade from 1766. The north side opposite the town hall is occupied by the town hall , the former ducal chancellery building from the late 16th century. The development on the west side of the square is divided into three sections with two- or three-story buildings by Judengasse and Nägleinsgasse. On the older east side, the court pharmacy from the mid-15th century is particularly noteworthy, on the west side Markt 6 with the Coburg bay window .
In the middle of the market square is the Prince Albert monument, a gift from Queen Victoria to the hometown of her deceased husband. The memorial depicts Albert looking towards the City Hall in the regalia of a knight of the Order of the Garter, who is holding the blueprint for the London Crystal Palace and a marshal's baton in his hands . The Queen and her children attended the ceremonial unveiling of the bronze-cast monument, which was made after a model by the English sculptor William Theed the Younger , on August 26, 1865 during their fifth visit to Coburg.
On the left and right side of the town hall there is a fountain from the middle of the 16th century. The two box fountains have octagonal basins, each with a column in the middle. The fountain in front of the confluence with the Rosengasse is also called the fountain on the green tree . On the pillar is a stone lion with a shield adorned with a Moor's head. The fountain in front of the confluence of Ketschengasse is called Spenglersbrunnen , on whose column there is also a lion holding the Coburg city coat of arms.
Between 2004 and 2005, the square was redesigned with greenery, new lighting and water fountains around the Prince Albert monument.
Events
The market square has been closed to motorized individual traffic since May 5, 1982 and is part of a pedestrian zone in the old town. On the market square there is a bratwurst stand, which is open every day, where the city's most famous specialty, the Coburg bratwurst , is grilled over an open fire on well-dried pine cones , also known as cool in Coburg . The bun is cut from above and not from the side. There are mainly cafes and other catering establishments on its edges. In the middle of the square there is the vegetable market every Tuesday and Friday and the weekly market every Wednesday and Saturday , where a large selection of horse sausage specialties is available. Annual events include the Coburg dumpling market and the Christmas market.
See also
literature
- Peter Morsbach, Otto Titz: City of Coburg. Ensembles-Architectural Monuments-Archaeological Monuments . Monuments in Bavaria. Volume IV.48. Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87490-590-X
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Coburger Zeitung, Sunday, August 27, 1865
- ↑ Harald Sandner: Coburg in the 20th century. The chronicle of the city of Coburg and the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from January 1, 1900 to December 31, 1999 - from the "good old days" to the dawn of the 21st century. Against forgetting . New Press Publishing House, Coburg 2002, ISBN 3-00-006732-9
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 30.4 " N , 10 ° 57 ′ 53.6" E