An den Fleischbänken, Medieval marketplace building in Old Town, Nuremberg, Germany.
Description
An den Fleischbänken is a sandstone building in Nuremberg's Old Town featuring rounded arches on its ground floor. It stands next to the Meat Bridge at the northern bank of the Pegnitz River and now houses municipal offices.
History
The building was constructed between 1570 and 1571 to replace an earlier wooden structure from 1419. Its creation centralized meat trading operations in medieval Nuremberg under one roof.
Culture
The Ox Portal displays a Latin inscription beneath a reclining ox sculpture added in 1599. This decorative entrance marked the connection between the Meat Bridge and the building's trading activities.
Practical
The building sits in central Nuremberg and is easy to reach on foot. It forms a key stop on the Historical Mile, a walking route linking important landmarks throughout the city center.
Did you know?
Meat merchants separated different types of meat on benches and discarded butchering waste straight into the Pegnitz River below. This practice was part of daily trading and left traces on the riverbank for centuries.
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