Unschlittplatz

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Unschlittplatz with bagpiper fountain (2017)

The Unschlittplatz is a place in Nuremberg . As a medieval monument ensemble, it is one of the most important historical sights of the southern Nuremberg old town and is a stop on Nuremberg's historical mile .

Geographical location

The Unschlittplatz is located in the Lorenz old town south of the Pegnitz between the Maxbrücke and the Henkersteg in the north and the Karl-Grillenberger-Straße in the south.

About history

The names of the square

The Unschlitthaus on the east side of the Unschlittplatz gave the square its name. It was one of the seven grain boxes that the city built in the 15th century. The granary takes its name from the Unschlittamt, which was housed on the ground floor in 1562 and served as the municipal monopoly authority for Unschlitt and Talg . All butchers had to sell the waste fat there. Unschlitt was of great importance as a raw material for tallow candles, car grease and shoe wax until the 19th century.

In the time of the imperial city, the Unschlittplatz was initially called Beim Hieserlein . As a souvenir there is a wall fountain at the Unschlitthaus with the bronze face mask of Hieserlein (around 1400; original in the Germanic National Museum ). The term Hieserlein could refer to the trickling of water, but also to the abbreviation Hiesel for the male name Matthias, a term for a simple-minded person.

The square was also named after the inn at the little golden table . Later he was named after the Unschlitthaus Beim Unschlitthaus . In 1809/10 the square was given the name Unschlittmarkt and only in 1870 its current name Unschlittplatz .

Kaspar Hauser

The unschlittplatz. House no.8 in the center of the picture.

The Unschlittplatz gained national fame when Kaspar Hauser appeared there on May 26, 1828 and spoke to two Nuremberg residents on the corner of house number 8. The fate and origin of the unknown and his violent death in Ansbach in 1833 occupied the world back then and have led to countless research and literary adaptations to this day. Kaspar Hauser is remembered not only by a memorial plaque at house 8 Unschlittplatz, but also by a street memorial by the artist Sabine Richter. She has incorporated a poem about Kaspar Hauser by the Polish poet Ryszard Krynicki in German and Polish on a 12-meter-long metal strip embedded in the pavement of Unschlittplatz. A central square in the Kreuzgassenviertel was called Kaspar-Hauser-Platz in 1989. It is located northwest of the Unschlittplatz between Mittlerer Kreuzgasse and Unterer Kreuzgasse on the Pegnitzufer near the Kettensteg .

The historical buildings

Unschlitthaus in Nuremberg

With its medieval buildings, the Unschlittplatz is one of the few preserved historical ensembles in Nuremberg. On the southern bank of the Pegnitz, the Unschlitthaus continues the former city wall. In front of it stands a Nuremberg baroque palace from 1754 by Konrad Büttner. The top floor was built in 1860 and the choir was added in 1912.

In 1972, five medieval houses that had survived the Second World War were to be demolished, including the Unschlittplatz 8-12 houses on the west side. The resistance of the old town friends of Nuremberg prevented the demolition. The houses were restored between 1976 and 1981 and since then have given the exposed half-timbering an impression of the square's earlier appearance.

Erich Mulzer wrote: “Among the houses on Unschlittplatz, number 8-12, which was restored in 1981, is the most remarkable. The right corner building, already mentioned in 1599 as a house with the image of Mary , bears a beautiful wood-carved Madonna (original in the Germanic National Museum). According to the forms of the half-timbered structure on the 1st and 2nd floors, the core of the building still belongs to the 15th century. Just as old is a small craftsman's house (with a cute Nuremberg-style loft extension from 1900) in the Oberen Kreuzgasse, south of the group of houses. The house at Unschlittplatz 5 Zum Mühlstein from the second half of the 18th century has a neo-Gothic door from around 1840 and a rich artisan boom from the turn of the century. To the right of it (No. 7) follows a characteristic residential building from 1852 with a wooden choir from 1950. Opposite the Unschlitthaus gable is the captain's house , an official residence of imperial city officers, with half-timbering that has been modified several times, a shop front from 1881 and the corner figure of St. Rochus from around 1520 (original in the wooden shoe chapel of the Johannisfriedhof ). [...] South of the Unschlittplatz rises the high sandstone building of the former Almosmühle (Mühlgasse 3) with the year 1617 and the miller's emblem. The hydropower was supplied by the Fischbach, which used to shoot down the steep Hutergasse, which is now piped, but still takes the same route. "

A copy of the bagpiper fountain has stood on the Unschlittplatz since 1959 . The fountain was created in 1880 as a replica of a wooden model from around 1550 (in the Germanic National Museum).

literature

  • Herbert Maas: The name of the Unschlittplatz. In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte , Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 6 (1981), pp. 29–34
  • Erich Mulzer : On the trail of the Unschlittplatz. In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte , Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 6 (1981), pp. 35–82
  • Erich Mulzer: Unschlittplatz gleanings . In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte , Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 8 (1983), pp. 23–50
  • Wiltrud Fischer-Pache: Unschlittplatz . In: Michael Diefenbacher , Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg . 2nd, improved edition. W. Tümmels Verlag, Nuremberg 2000, ISBN 3-921590-69-8 , p. 1104, 1121 ( online ).

Web links

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

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  1. ↑ Peter Fleischmann: Ox and Unschlittamt . S. 775 .
  2. ↑ Ruth Bach-Damaskinos: Hiserlein fountain . S. 450 .
  3. ^ Wiltrud Fischer-Pache: Unschlittplatz .
  • Other sources
  1. ↑ Unschlitthaus. In: Baukunst Nürnberg
  2. ↑ Gerhard Hirschmann: The Hiserleinbrunnen . In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte, Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 1 (1976), pp. 31–38
  3. ^ Architecture in Nuremberg: Photo: Unschlittplatz 8-12
  4. ↑ Erich Mulzer: From everyday life into oblivion: The Fischbach in Nuremberg. In: Nürnberger Altstadtberichte, Ed .: Altstadtfreunde Nürnberg eV, Issue 28 (2003), pp. 41–80
  5. ↑ Erich Mulzer: Henkersteg and Unschlittplatz . In: Erich Mulzer: Baedeker Nuremberg - City Guide , 9th edition. By Karl Baedeker. Ostfildern-Kemnat: Baedeker, 2000, 134 S.  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ISBN 3-87954-024-1@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / norica.by.ru  

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 20.6 ″  E