Wegbach settlement
The Wegbach settlement , also called Oberstadt or Kempter Vorstadt, is a historic district of the Upper Swabian city of Memmingen . It is under ensemble protection .
location
The Wegbach settlement consists of most of the old town of Memmingen and extends from the Weinmarkt in the north to the city fortifications in the south. The old town is bordered in the south and west by the city wall and in the east by Bahnhofstrasse. In the north, Schweizerberg, Roßmarkt, Weinmarkt and Maximilianstrasse form the border.
history
The Wegbach settlement is a very old part of the city and was located in front of the old Guelph city . When the Elsbethenkloster was demolished , it could be proven that there were houses there as early as the 12th century. The Church of Our Women is already mentioned in the earliest sources as the Parish Church of Memmingen, although it was located on the southern edge of the Wegbach settlement. The Wegbach settlement was walled for the first time and thus included in the city of Memmingen in 1329. The area was walled and three city gates were created with the Lindauer Tor , the Kempter Tor and the Lindentörlein, which is only passable for pedestrians . The Hohe Wacht was provided with a large roundabout in the 15th century, making it one of the best fortified parts of the city fortifications. The executioner and the women's shelter (brothel) were housed in the southern area of the Wegbach settlement . The Kempter Tor was the main gate to the south, on the Galgenberg was the city gallows .
The largest transhipment point for grain in Upper Swabia was the Memminger Schranne. This trading facility, consisting of three buildings, stood on Schrannenplatz and Theaterplatz. In the 19th century the Lindentörlein was demolished for the construction of a railroad track to the Großer Schranne .
architecture
The architecture of the Wegbach settlement is mainly characterized by old town farms, weavers 'and tanners' houses. Buildings that shape the cityscape are the Siebendächerhaus , the Frauenkirche and other, mostly smaller buildings. The central square of the Wegbach settlement is Schrannenplatz, which was built until the middle of the 20th century. The eastern part of the Wegbach settlement was badly affected in the Second World War and many of the mostly smaller residential buildings were lost and replaced by new houses. The western part is largely preserved in the original buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries.
literature
- Tilmann Breuer : City and District of Memmingen. Brief inventories (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1959, ISSN 0522-5264 , p. 30-31 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archaeological finds on the ELS area. Retrieved April 7, 2012 .
