Michaelisviertel (Braunschweig)

View of the half-timbered houses in Echternstrasse

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The Michaelisviertel is a district and a traditional island in the old town of Braunschweig . It surrounds the eponymous Michaeliskirche . The quarter is located on the southwestern edge of the medieval city limits in what is now the city ​​center .

The Michaelisviertel is one of the few contiguous areas of the old town that survived the Second World War. In addition, it was supplemented by a few reconstructions such as the Michaelishof.

In the Michaelisviertel are u. a. Remains of the fortifications , such as the Neustadtmühlengraben , a remnant piece of the city wall on Prinzenweg , a defense tower and archaeological remains of a wall tower, the so-called St. Michaelisburg, on the site of today's Stobwasserhaus in Echternstraße .

Buildings

• Listed half-timbered houses
• Michaeliskirche
• House of the Hanseatic League
• Stobwasserhaus
• Parish widow house
• Remains of the city wall on the Gieseler
• Michaelishof
• Battlement with defensive tower

literature

• City of Braunschweig (ed.): Redevelopment of the inner city “Michaelisviertel”: Redesign of Echternstrasse and Prinzenweg. Braunschweig 1990, OCLC 254900043 .

Web links

Commons : Michaelisviertel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Michaelisviertel on braunschweig.de
• Cultural monument ensemble on braunschweig.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 31'  E