Fischmarkt
Fischmarkt stands at the centre of Erfurt as a historic public square, surrounded by ornate façades and the city’s neo-Gothic Town Hall. Its medieval market life gradually made this place a social and commercial centre.
The first known mention dates from 1293, when it appeared as Foro Piscium Iuxta Hospitale. A Town Hall occupied the eastern side from 1275, before today’s building rose between 1869 and 1875 under Theodor Sommer and August Thiede. A statue of Saint Martin stood here from 1448, until the Römer replaced it in 1591 as a Roman warrior defending the city’s freedoms.
Haus zum Roten Ochsen carries a Renaissance façade showing the weekdays and Greek Muses. Haus zur Güldenen Krone began as a fifteenth-century building and later served as a post office. Haus zum Breiten Herd displays reliefs for the Five Senses, while Haus zum Güldenen Löwen adds a Rococo gable from 1740. The Gildehaus, built in 1892, completes the architectural range, and pedestrian restoration in 2013 opened the historic setting to foot traffic.
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