Skomakargatan
Skomakargatan is a street in the old town of the Swedish capital Stockholm .
Along with Köpmangatan and Svartmangatan, it is one of the oldest streets in the city. It used to be one of the main streets of the city and headed south from Stortorget. The first document is in Latin form with "in vico sutorum" from 1337; the first document in Swedish comes from 1432 with "schomaker straten". In 1437 the street is called "skomakara gatu". The name indicates that the shoemakers had their houses, workshops and sales rooms on this street . Until the 18th century, a large number of shoemakers is known to be property owners.
The road led from Stortorget to Skomakarbrinken, which was also called Skomakarporten based on the city gate from the Middle Ages.
The city gate was first mentioned in 1432. After the German church was built, the name Skomakarbrinken was replaced by Tyska Brinken.
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literature
- Nils-Gustaf Stahre u. a .: Stockholm's gatunamn . In: Stockholmsmonografier . Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1982, ISBN 91-38-72610-6 , p. 68.
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 29 ″ N , 18 ° 4 ′ 13.9 ″ E