Lower scales
The low level even lower scale , low Stadtwaage and lower level called, was next to the upper level one of two urban scales in Lübeck .
It is not documented when it was established, but it was listed in the city's revenue register as early as 1262. From then on, it appears continuously in the finance books along with the income from its lease to the respective operator. From the beginning of the 14th century, entries in the Oberstadtbuch documented its location, where it remained until it was abolished: On the quay of the commercial harbor on the Untertrave , between the confluences of Alfstrasse and Mengstrasse , opposite the current building at An der Untertrave 96 .
No information is available about its early structural form. In 1548 it was rebuilt up de welsche manner as a six-gabled Renaissance building with an upper floor. From 1550 onwards, the Lübeck driver and chronicler Hans Regkmann was the master of the scales and user of the apartment on the upper floor. After his death, the building was destroyed by fire in 1564. There are no records of the subsequent reconstruction. From 1567 the bookkeeper Paul Knufflock is documented as weighing master and user of the apartment. From the 18th century onwards, plans and illustrations show the Niederwaage building as a simple, single-storey half-timbered house.
In 1873 the Niederwaage was lifted and the city left the building to the merchants , who used it as a warehouse. The demolition took place a little later.
literature
- Office for the Preservation of Monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Volume I, Part 2: City Hall and public buildings of the city . Max Schmidt-Römhild publishing house, Lübeck 1974
- Günther H. Jaaks: Technical cultural monuments in Lübeck. In: Der Wagen 1969, Max Schmidt-Römhild Verlag, Lübeck 1969
Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 7.3 " N , 10 ° 40 ′ 48.5" E